GOPI KHAN Vs. STATE OF JHARKHAND AND OTHERS

JUDGEMENT

(1.) Heard Mr. Md. Zaid Ahmed, learned counsel appearing for the petitioner and Mr. Vijayant Verma, learned J. C. to G. P. - II.

(2.) It appears that initially the petitioner was detained in terms of Section 12(2) of the Jharkhand Control of Crimes Act which was confirmed by the State Government pursuant to the opinion of the Advisory Board. The petitioner was initially detained on 18.07.2016 for a period of three months which was subsequently extended on 29.08.2016 and thereafter on 28.11.2016. The petitioner had challenged the initial as well as the subsequent orders of detention before this Court in W.P.(Cr.) No. 282 of 2016 in which vide judgment dated 23.02017 it was held as follows:-

(3.) It appears that on 22.02.2017 the detention order was further extended till 27.05.2017. A perusal of the order dated 22.02.2017 does reveal that the opinion of the Advisory Board was never taken and the continuous detention of the petitioner was not subjected to any review as has been engrafted in the Jharkhand Control of Crimes Act.