Under preventive detention laws like NSA, COFEPOSA and various state laws, a person can be detained in prison for over 12 months without trial on the mere subjective satisfaction of the detaining authority, who in most cases are the local police commissioners or senior ranking officers
The Supreme Court noted that police officials had failed to differentiate between offences that create a “law and order” situation and those that tend to prejudicially affect “public order”.
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