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Thank you this always helps me in my studies.

Thanks for increasing my knowledge.

Though we are provided with such an Act even in our Indian Constitution, we are unable to implement it well. Because most of the prisoners are being charged and prosecuted against this law.

Habeas corpus means to have a body. No person can be detained and deny of justifying his side and so to prove that he can ask for counsel or he himself can do so.

In Latin, habeas corpus literally means "you shall have the body (in court)".

Thanks @Ritu.

The Habeas Corpus Act 1679 is an Act of the Parliament of England passed during the reign of King Charles II by what became known as the Habeas Corpus Parliament to define and strengthen the ancient prerogative writ of habeas corpus, whereby persons unlawfully detained cannot be ordered to be prosecuted before a court of law. The Act of 1679 followed an earlier act of 1640, which established that the command of the King or the Privy Council was no answer to a petition of habeas corpus. Further Habeas Corpus Acts were passed by the British Parliament in 1803, 1804, 1816 and 1862, but it is the Act of 1679 which is remembered as one of the most important statutes in English constitutional history. Though amended, it remains on the statute book to this day.

Thank you so much for providing this.

You can directly go to Supreme Court and High Court to file Habeas Corpus under Article 32 and 226/227 of Constitution of India respectively.

I am realy glad to know about the act because rules and regulations should be made to protect and punish people.