The petitioner, Anuja Anilkumar (mother of detenu Rahul Manoj @ Koilandy Rahul), challenged a preventive detention order dated 20th February 2026 issued under the Kerala Anti-Social Activities (Prevention) Act, 2007 (KAA(P)A), which was confirmed by the Government for a period of one year. The detenu had fourteen criminal cases registered against him under the IPC, BNS, and Arms Act between 2020 and 2025, and had previously undergone preventive detention. The petitioner argued that the detention order was vitiated by: (1) failure to establish a real possibility of bail when the detenu was already in judicial custody; (2) unexplained delay between the last prejudicial activity and the detention order, snapping the live and proximate link; and (3) the detenu not meeting the statutory definition of a 'known rowdy' under KAA(P)A. The State contended that all statutory procedures were duly followed, the Advisory Board confirmed sufficient cause for detention, and the detenu's long history of serious anti-social activities justified the order. The principal issue before the Kerala High Court was whether inordinate and unexplained delay in sponsoring the proposal and passing the detention order had snapped the live and proximate link between the prejudicial activities and the object of detention.