HABEAS CORPUS

Application

In the High Court at.................................................

Constitutional Writ Jurisdiction No.......................... of 19...................

In the matter of:

An application under Article 226 of the Constitution of India.

AND

In the matter of:

A direction, order or orders and/or writ in the nature of Habeas Corpus and/ or any
other appropriate writ or writs.

AND

In the matter of:

The impugned order of detention being order No....................................

dated ................................... passed
by.................................................................

AND

In the matter of:

AB (Name, description and address)........... Petitioner

versus

[1] The State of................................... through the Chief

Secretary, Govt. of.............. at..............................

[2] The District Magistrate of...................................

[3] The Superintendent...................................

Jail....................... at..............

Respondents

To

The Hon’ble Mr............................. Chief Justice

and his Companion Justices of the Hon’ble Court.

The humble petition of the petitioner most respectfully Showeth,

[1] That your petitioner is citizen of India & his description.

[2] That your petitioner was arrested on............................ by an

order being order No....................................
dated...................................
passed by the respondent No. 3 on................................... at

................................... and was put in the custody of the

Respondent No. 2 in the Jail at...........................

[3] That the said order of detention dated................ was passed

under the................................... Act for
indulging/committing.................

The order detention annexed marked ‘A’.

[4] That your petitioner was conveyed with the following grounds
of detention under the said Act on................ (Set out the
grounds).

A copy of the grounds of detention is annexed and marked as

Annexure ‘B’ to this petition.

[5] Made representation but went unheeded.

[6] Being aggrieved by and dissatisfied with the said perported

order of detention and grounds of detention, your
petitioner........................... to move to your Lordships on the
following amongst the other.

Grounds

[I]

[II]

[III] Set out the grounds

[IV]

[V]

[7] It is incumbent upon the Respondents to set your petitioner at

liberty and unless orders as prayed for herein are made, your
petitioner will suffer irremediable loss and liberty.
 [8] Your petitioner has no other alternative and the reliefs claimed
hereinbefore, if granted, will give complete and effective relief.

[9] The cause of action arises and the records of the case are lying
within the jurisdiction of this Hon’ble Court.

[10] This application is made bona fide and in the interest of

justice.

Your petitioner, therefore, humbly prays that your Lordships may please be issue—

(a) A writ in the nature of Habeas Corpus be issued commanding

the Respondents for the production of the body of your petitioner in
the Court and be set at liberty.

(b) Any other order or orders and/or direction as your Lordships

may deem fit and proper.

And your petitioner as in duty bound, shall ever pray.