India, Feb. 20 -- The Gauhati High Court has quashed the preventive detention of Victor Das under the National Security Act (NSA), paving the way for his release after months in custody despite securing bail in multiple cases.

Das had been detained under the provisions of the NSA, which allowed authorities to keep him behind bars even after courts granted him bail in cases registered at Latasil and Azara police stations in Guwahati.

He was initially arrested in connection with violence that broke out during protests demanding justice for late Assamese music icon Zubeen Garg. Though a lower court granted him bail in the Latasil case, Das was re-arrested within the court premises in connection with a separate case filed at Azara police st...