HARSHALA SANTOSH PATIL vs STATE OF MAHARASHTRA — W.P.(Crl.) No. 138/2006

Summary: W.P.(Crl.) No. 138/2006 – Harshala Santosh Patil v. State of Maharashtra Outcome: The Supreme Court allowed the writ petition and quashed the detention order dated 21.7.2005 passed under COFEPOSA Act against detenu Santosh Pandurang Patil. The court found that authorities failed to satisfactorily explain the delay in disposing of the detenu's representations and determined there was non-application of mind by the Additional Chief Secretary. The detenu was ordered to be released forthwith. This case analysis is maintained by casestatus.in based on publicly available court records.