Sandeep Singh @ Chatha filed a habeas corpus petition under Article 226 of the Constitution of India before the Punjab and Haryana High Court, challenging a preventive detention order dated 27.11.2025 passed by the Joint Secretary, Ministry of Finance, under Section 3(1) of the PITNDPS Act, 1988. The petitioner, who had been granted bail by the Supreme Court on 24.11.2025 in an NCB narcotics case (NCB Crime No.79/2022), argued that the detention order was based on stale material from 2022, that there was an unexplained delay of 41 days in its execution, that it was used to circumvent the bail order, and that vital exculpatory material was withheld from the Detaining Authority. The Union of India and NCB opposed the petition, contending that the petitioner was an active member of a transnational narcotics syndicate, that a classified intelligence report dated 21.11.2025 showed he continued to supervise drug trafficking even from judicial custody, and that preventive detention operates independently of criminal prosecution and bail. The judgment as provided sets out the rival contentions of both parties in detail but does not record a final operative order within the text supplied.