Hyderabad, June 22 -- The Telangana High Court has ruled that the production and sale of illicit liquor, made with chemicals and without any hygiene, is undoubtedly harmful to public health and society. The court emphasised that there is no doubt about the dangers posed by such spurious liquor, which is unfit for human consumption and hazardous to health.

A bench comprising Justice Moushumi Bhattacharya and Justice B.R. Madhusudan Rao was hearing a habeas corpus petition filed by Lakshmi, a resident of Mogilicherla village in Geesukonda mandal, Warangal district. She challenged the preventive detention (PD) of her husband, Dharavat Dhansingh, under the PD Act for his alleged involvement in multiple cases related to the storage and sale o...