alleryWhich writ is issued by courts to secure the release of a person unlawfully detained?
AHabeas Corpus
BMandamus
CCertiorari
DQuo-Warranto
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: A. Habeas Corpus
Habeas Corpus ('to have the body') is issued to protect individual liberty against unlawful detention.
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