The wife of detenue Sujith @ Jaggu filed a writ petition under Article 226 of the Constitution of India before the Kerala High Court seeking a writ of Habeas Corpus, challenging a preventive detention order dated 04.04.2026 issued by the District Collector, Thiruvananthapuram, classifying her husband as a 'known rowdy' under Section 3(1) of the Kerala Anti-Social Activities (Prevention) Act, 2007, and the subsequent confirmation order dated 10.06.2026. The petitioner argued that the confirmation order was invalid because it was issued on a Sunday, and that the authorities had failed to exhaust ordinary legal remedies such as cancellation of bail before resorting to preventive detention. The Court rejected the argument regarding the Sunday confirmation, holding that the exclusion of public holidays under Section 3(3) of the KAA(P) Act is merely a benefit for calculating the time period and does not prohibit approval on a public holiday. However, the Court examined the question of whether the detaining authority had considered the option of bail cancellation before resorting to the extreme measure of preventive detention, citing precedents including Rekha v. State of Tamil Nadu [(2011) 5 SCC 244] and Jancy Joseph v. State [2022 KHC Online 5717], which held that non-consideration of such an option can be fatal to the detention order.