In a Sorry State of Affairs in Telangana state, a suspected thief of five Sarees was languishing behind the bars for years under dreaded PD law.
The Telangana state counsel during a hearing was at loss of wits when two Judges questioned in no uncertain terms. A shocked Chief Justice J.S. Khehar sitting with Justice N.V. Ramana asked the state counsel, “Where are we leading to ? What is happening to this country ? We have to see that people are not harassed by the state. Even if it is true that he had stolen five Sarees, will you keep him in jail for a year in preventive detention.
In a scathing attack on the Telangana law and order affairs it questioned how can stealing a saree can be put under Prevention and Detention law ? The Supreme Court headed by his Lordship questioned Telangana State counsel clubbing notorious criminals, murders, land grabbers and other with a petty crime of Saree being stolen. The catch line from all people of Telangana came right from the mouth of His Lordship Justice Khehar came in a sorry or "Saree" State of Affairs in Telangana, ‘We thought Telangana is a good state’.