According to rules, the duty of SHOs was only to inspect the application venue and recommend the local Excise Superintendent to grant permission, but these officials were contacting the applicants and forcing them to buy liquor from certain liquor shops falling under their jurisdiction
Hyderabad: A two-judge panel of Justice A Rajashekar Reddy and Justice Shameem Akthar held detention of Syed Arif, Chowch Ibbu, and Syed Osman as illegal. The panel was dealing with a habeas corpus petition filed by their family members. The petitioners belonging to Nizamabad challenged the illegal detention in the Chanchalguda central prison by the […]