The Punjab and Haryana High Court Thursday issued notice to the Haryana Government on a petition challenging the preventive detention of a Kurukshetra resident accused in narcotics cases.

The single-judge bench of Justice Suvir Sehgal directed the state to explain, and listed the matter for further hearing on November 18. The bench also sought details on the timeline followed in issuing the detention order under the Prevention of Illicit Traffic in Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (PIT NDPS) Act, 1988.

Pala Ram, 46, from Indira Colony in Thanesar, was arrested from his home on June 19 by officers of the Krishna Gate Police Station. In a petition filed through Advocate Arun Gupta, Ram claimed the arrest was illegal as he was picked up while sleeping without any prior intimation

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