(1.) The petitioner has preferred this habeas corpus petition for quashing the detention order dated 20-6-96 (Annexure-II) and the order of confirmation thereof passed on 29-6-96.
(2.) The said detention order has been challenged on various grounds :
(3.) A plea was raised by learned counsel for the petitioner-detenu, relying on an unreported judgment of the Apex Court in Habeas Carpus Petition No. 9907 of 1986, Ram Prawesh Singh v. District Magistrate, Deoria, that the detention order having been pased on 20-6-1996 most of the period of detention has already expired.