Vijay Goyal filed a habeas corpus writ petition before the Allahabad High Court challenging his preventive detention order dated 01.08.2025 issued under Section 3(1) of the Prevention of Illicit Traffic in Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (PIT-NDPS) Act, 1988 by the Secretary, Home Department, Government of Uttar Pradesh. The petitioner contended that he had already been granted bail by the High Court in all four underlying criminal cases, and that the detention order was passed mala fide to nullify those bail orders, with the cases being based on allopathic medicines falling under the Drugs and Cosmetics Act, 1940 rather than substances attracting the NDPS Act. He further alleged that his initial arrest in October 2024 was unlawful, that the grounds of detention were vague and lacked a proximate nexus to illicit trafficking, and that the Advisory Board upheld the detention without assigning reasons. The State respondents countered that the petitioner was a habitual offender under the PIT-NDPS Act and that the detention was properly considered and affirmed by the District Magistrate, State Government, and Advisory Board. The court noted the statutory scheme of the PIT-NDPS Act and relevant Supreme Court precedent, but the judgment text as provided does not record a final operative order.