Guwahati, Nov. 6 -- Indigenous and land rights activist Pranab Doley walked out of Golaghat District Jail on Friday, bringing an end to 118 days in custody after the Gauhati High Court quashed his preventive detention under the National Security Act (NSA), 1980.

Doley walked free hours after the High Court set aside the Assam government's detention order dated July 30, 2026, and directed that he be released and set at liberty forthwith.

A Division Bench comprising Justice Kalyan Rai Surana and Justice Susmita Phukan Khaund allowed Doley's habeas corpus petition, holding that his preventive detention was unsustainable on facts and in law.

The court identified four major grounds for quashing the detention, including reliance on stale cri...