{"id":238120,"date":"2009-09-09T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2009-09-08T18:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/babur-khan-rasid-hussain-vs-state-of-jharkhand-ors-on-9-september-2009"},"modified":"2016-08-26T08:08:19","modified_gmt":"2016-08-26T02:38:19","slug":"babur-khan-rasid-hussain-vs-state-of-jharkhand-ors-on-9-september-2009","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/babur-khan-rasid-hussain-vs-state-of-jharkhand-ors-on-9-september-2009","title":{"rendered":"Babur Khan @ Rasid Hussain vs State Of Jharkhand &amp; Ors on 9 September, 2009"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"docsource_main\">Jharkhand High Court<\/div>\n<div class=\"doc_title\">Babur Khan @ Rasid Hussain vs State Of Jharkhand &amp; Ors on 9 September, 2009<\/div>\n<pre>             In the High Court of Jharkhand at Ranchi\n\n                   W.P.(Cr.) No.272 of 2009\n\n             Babar Khan @ Rasid Hussain..............................Petitioner\n\n                   VERSUS\n\n             1.State of Jharkhand\n             2. Secretary, Home Department,\n             Government of Jharkhand\n             3.Deputy Secretary, Home Department,\n             Government of Jharkhand\n             4.District Magistrate, East Singhbhum\n             5. Superintendent of Police, Singhbhum East... Respondents\n\n             CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE R.R.PRASAD\n\n             For the Petitioner : M\/s. M.A.Niyazi and K.S.Nanda\n             For the State      : Mr.R.N.Roy, G.P.III\n\nReserved on 28.8.2009                                 Pronounced on 9.9.2009\n\n\n4. 9.9.09<\/pre>\n<p>.         While the petitioner was in jail custody at Jamshedpur in<\/p>\n<p>             connection with Mango P.S. case no.148 of 2009, he was served<\/p>\n<p>             with the order dated 17.5.2009 (Annexure 1) passed under section<\/p>\n<p>             12(1) of the Bihar (Jharkhand) Crime Control Act, 2002 (hereinafter<\/p>\n<p>             referred to as &#8216;the Act&#8217;) by the District Magistrate, East Singhbhum,<\/p>\n<p>             Jamshedpur, respondent no.4 on the same day along with the<\/p>\n<p>             grounds of detention whereby and whereunder the order of<\/p>\n<p>             detention was passed for a period of 12 months. Subsequently, the<\/p>\n<p>             State Government in exercise of power conferred under section<\/p>\n<p>             12(3) of the Act, vide its order dated 25.5.2009 (Annexure D to the<\/p>\n<p>             counter affidavit) approved the order of detention within 12 days,<\/p>\n<p>             copy of which seems to have been served upon the petitioner.<\/p>\n<p>             Thereafter the petitioner filed his representation before the<\/p>\n<p>             Secretary, Department of Home, Government of Jharkhand,<\/p>\n<p>             Ranchi,    respondent no.2 with a prayer to revoke the order of<\/p>\n<p>             detention which was rejected by the State Government, vide its<\/p>\n<p>             order dated 29.6.2009. Thereupon, this application has been filed<br \/>\n<span class=\"hidden_text\">                            2<\/span><\/p>\n<p>whereby the order of detention has been challenged to be bad on<\/p>\n<p>several counts.\n<\/p>\n<p>       Learned counsel appearing for the petitioner submitted that<\/p>\n<p>the detention order was passed while the petitioner was in custody<\/p>\n<p>and as such, the order of detention should have been passed in<\/p>\n<p>compelling necessity, satisfaction\/reason of which should have<\/p>\n<p>been recorded by the respondent but the order of detention as<\/p>\n<p>contained in Annexure 1 would go to show that the detaining<\/p>\n<p>authority has not recorded any reason whatsoever.<\/p>\n<p>       In this regard it was submitted that the detaining authority<\/p>\n<p>while passing the order of detention      in a case where detenu is<\/p>\n<p>already in jail is required to record his satisfaction on the basis of<\/p>\n<p>the materials placed before him that the detenu is likely to indulge<\/p>\n<p>in acts prejudicial to maintenance of public order, if he is enlarged<\/p>\n<p>on bail and that he is satisfied from various reports and facts that<\/p>\n<p>the detenu is likely to be released on bail but if this satisfaction is<\/p>\n<p>not recorded in the order of detention, it would be deemed to have<\/p>\n<p>been passed mechanically and as such, it is unsustainable in law.<\/p>\n<p>       Learned counsel in support of his submission has referred to<\/p>\n<p>a decision rendered in a case of <a href=\"\/doc\/98161\/\">Sayed Abul Ala vs. Union of<\/p>\n<p>India and others<\/a> [2007 (12) Scale 345] .\n<\/p>\n<p>       The other ground on which the impugned order<\/p>\n<p>  has been sought to be quashed, is that there was no valid<\/p>\n<p>conferment of the power on the District Magistrate, Singhbhum<\/p>\n<p>East, respondent no.4 to make the detention order as the<\/p>\n<p>notification dated 23.3.2009 (Annexure D to the counter affidavit)<\/p>\n<p>under which the State Government, in exercise of power under<\/p>\n<p>section 12(2) of the Act, conferred      power upon all the District<\/p>\n<p>Magistrates of the District of Jharkhand to pass order in terms of<\/p>\n<p>Section 12(1) of the Act within his territorial jurisdiction, is<br \/>\n<span class=\"hidden_text\">                            3<\/span><\/p>\n<p>conspicuously silent as to whether power has been conferred upon<\/p>\n<p>all the District Magistrates to pass detention order in terms of<\/p>\n<p>Section 12(1) of the Act either on the circumstances prevailing on<\/p>\n<p>the date of the order preventing the detenu from acting any<\/p>\n<p>manner prejudicial to the maintenance of the public order or in the<\/p>\n<p>circumstances likely to prevail during three months for which power<\/p>\n<p>has been conferred. Since the notification (Annexure D) is silent, as<\/p>\n<p>to under what circumstances either in the circumstances prevailing<\/p>\n<p>on the date of the order or in the circumstances likely to prevail<\/p>\n<p>during three months, the power has been conferred by the State<\/p>\n<p>Government upon all the District Magistrates of the State, the said<\/p>\n<p>notification can be said to have been issued mechanically without<\/p>\n<p>application of mind and in this respect learned counsel has referred<\/p>\n<p>to a decision in the case of <a href=\"\/doc\/601654\/\">Abhay Shridhar Ambulkar vs.<\/p>\n<p>S.B.Bhave, Commissioner of Police and others (AIR<\/a> 1991<\/p>\n<p>SC 397) and also in a case of Ram Singh and others vs. State<\/p>\n<p>of Rajasthan and another (1994 Cr.L.J. 512).\n<\/p>\n<p>      The other ground on which the impugned order has been<\/p>\n<p>sought to be quashed is that the representation made by the<\/p>\n<p>petitioner which under the scheme of the Act was required to be<\/p>\n<p>considered at the earliest but in the instant case, it has been<\/p>\n<p>disposed of after 27 days of its filing, still the State Government<\/p>\n<p>has not come forward with any explanation much less any cogent<\/p>\n<p>explanation for the delay caused in disposal of the representation<\/p>\n<p>whereas in some cases even delay of 16 days in disposing of the<\/p>\n<p>representation has been held to be fatal.\n<\/p>\n<p>      In this regard a case of Sunil Khatik @ Sunil Prasad @<\/p>\n<p>Sunil Bihari vs. State of Bihar and others [(1999) 2 BLJR<\/p>\n<p>954] was referred to.\n<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"hidden_text\">                            4<\/span><\/p>\n<p>       As against this, learned counsel appearing for the State<\/p>\n<p>submitted that the District Magistrate, East Singhbhum, at<\/p>\n<p>Jamshedpur, while passing the order of detention has taken into<\/p>\n<p>account criminal acts of the petitioner including the illegal act of<\/p>\n<p>the petitioner of placing a &#8216;Kalash&#8217; on a restricted land leading to<\/p>\n<p>communal tension, forcibly stopping of electricity of consumers of a<\/p>\n<p>particular area and forcibly trying to capture land used for public<\/p>\n<p>purposes whereby he had created terror in the locality which was<\/p>\n<p>prejudicial to the public order and hence, the order of detention<\/p>\n<p>was passed under section 12(2) of the Act which was approved by<\/p>\n<p>the State Government in exercise of the power under section 12(3)<\/p>\n<p>of the Act within 12 days can never be said to be illegal.<\/p>\n<p>       The State Government on being satisfied that a person,<\/p>\n<p>being an anti social element cannot be prevented from indulging in<\/p>\n<p>criminal activities otherwise than the order of detention may confer<\/p>\n<p>power upon the District Magistrate to pass order of detention in<\/p>\n<p>terms of Section 12(1) of the Act. Therefore, we can say that the<\/p>\n<p>subjective satisfaction of the detaining authority is of prime<\/p>\n<p>importance in case of preventive detention of a person. The courts<\/p>\n<p>exercising power of judicial review are not expected to consider the<\/p>\n<p>challenge to an order of detention as if sitting as appellate court<\/p>\n<p>weighing and reappreciating into the question and basis of<\/p>\n<p>subjective satisfaction. But at the same time the court must not<\/p>\n<p>loose sight of the fact that since the order of detention in prison<\/p>\n<p>involves curtailment of fundamental right of liberty of a citizen,<\/p>\n<p>freedom of movement and pursuit of normal life, the authorities<\/p>\n<p>passing, approving and confirming the order of detention cannot<\/p>\n<p>claim absolute immunity in regard to decision arrived at and hence,<\/p>\n<p>it is open to the court to see whether there has been due and<\/p>\n<p>proper application of mind and all the vital and relevant materials<br \/>\n<span class=\"hidden_text\">                            5<\/span><\/p>\n<p>have been notice and considered. However, at the same time no<\/p>\n<p>activities of anti-social element should be allowed to pose threat<\/p>\n<p>and danger to maintenance of public order and tranquility.<\/p>\n<p>      Keeping in view the said background, the points raised on<\/p>\n<p>behalf of the petitioner over the propriety and the legality of the<\/p>\n<p>notification dated 23.3.2009 conferring power under Section 12(2)<\/p>\n<p>of the Act upon the District Magistrate to pass order of detention in<\/p>\n<p>the circumstances stipulated under section 12(1) needs to be<\/p>\n<p>considered.\n<\/p>\n<p>      It be noticed that the State Government in the following<\/p>\n<p>terms has conferred the power upon the District Magistrate to pass<\/p>\n<p>order under section 12(1) of the Act.\n<\/p>\n<p>                    Jharkhand Sarkar<br \/>\n                    Griha Vibhag<\/p>\n<p>                    Adhisuchana<br \/>\n                                          Ranchi,dt. 23 March, 2009.\n<\/p>\n<p>Sankhaya-12\/Vividh (29)-13\/2005- 1151\/ Jharkhand apradh<br \/>\nNiyantran Adhiniyam- 2002 ke Adhyay-2 ki dhara 12(2) ke antargat<br \/>\npradatt shaktiyon ka prayog karte huye Jharkhand Rajyapal sabhi<br \/>\nzila ke Kshetradhikar ke antargat Griha Vibhag, Jharkhand,Ranchi<br \/>\ndwara etad vishayak nirgat adhisuchana sankhaya -171, dt.<br \/>\n15.01.09 ke kram me agale tin mah ke liye arthat 01.04.2009 se<br \/>\n30.06.2009 tak prayog karne ki shakti pradan ki jati hai.<\/p>\n<p>                                  Jharkhand Rajyapal ke aadesh se.\n<\/p>\n<p>                                                 Sd\/-\n<\/p>\n<p>\n                                        (Gaurishankar Prasad)<br \/>\n                                         Sarkar ke sanyukta Sachiv.\n<\/p>\n<p>Gyapank-12\/vividh (29)-13\/2005-1151\/ Ranchi, dt. 23 March, 2009.<\/p>\n<p>      Pratilipi:- Adhikshak, Rajkiya Mudralaya, Doranda, Ranchi ko<br \/>\nJharkhand Gazette ke agale ank me prakashnarth preshit.<\/p>\n<p>                                          Sd\/-\n<\/p>\n<p>\n                                  Sarkar ke sanyukta Sachiv<br \/>\n<span class=\"hidden_text\">                             6<\/span><\/p>\n<p>       It was contended by learned counsel for the detenu that<\/p>\n<p>there is no material to show the satisfaction of the State<\/p>\n<p>Government when the power was conferred to the District<\/p>\n<p>Magistrate, East Singhbhum that the conferment of the power<\/p>\n<p>under section 12(2) of the Act was necessary having regard to the<\/p>\n<p>circumstances prevailing or likely to prevail.<\/p>\n<p>       It was further contended that even in a case where the<\/p>\n<p>State Government is satisfied that the conferment of the power is<\/p>\n<p>necessary, there has to be specific order to the effect as to whether<\/p>\n<p>as a result of circumstances prevailing or as a result of<\/p>\n<p>circumstances likely to prevail in future activities of anti-social<\/p>\n<p>elements can not be prevented otherwise than by the immediate<\/p>\n<p>arrest of such person. But here in the case as it appears from the<\/p>\n<p>notification (Annexure D) neither the satisfaction of the State<\/p>\n<p>Government has been recorded nor power has been conferred<\/p>\n<p>separately one with respect to circumstances prevailing and other<\/p>\n<p>in the circumstance likely to prevail in future and as such,<\/p>\n<p>notification conferring power on the District Magistrate (respondent<\/p>\n<p>no.4) is quite invalid.\n<\/p>\n<p>       Learned counsel in putting the aforesaid submission<\/p>\n<p>challenging propriety     of the aforesaid notification has drawn<\/p>\n<p>strength from a case of <a href=\"\/doc\/601654\/\">Abhay Shridhar Ambulkar vs.<\/p>\n<p>S.B.Bhave, Commissioner of Police and others<\/a> (supra) where<\/p>\n<p>the same question was before the Hon&#8217;ble Supreme Court as to<\/p>\n<p>whether the order conferring power on the Commissioner of Police<\/p>\n<p>to pass order of detention under the National Security Act, both in<\/p>\n<p>the circumstances prevailing as well as in the circumstances likely<\/p>\n<p>to prevail would be valid. The answer was in negative as it was<\/p>\n<p>held that the conferment of the power has to be specific either with<\/p>\n<p>regard to the circumstances prevailing or likely to prevail and not<br \/>\n<span class=\"hidden_text\">                            7<\/span><\/p>\n<p>for both. In that case text of the order which was under challenge<\/p>\n<p>was as follows:\n<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>                     ORDER<br \/>\n                     Dated 6th January, 1990<br \/>\n                     59, NATIONAL SECURITY ACT, 1980<\/p>\n<p>                     &#8220;No. NSA &#8211; 2390\/1\/SPL-3(B) &#8211; Whereas the<br \/>\n                     Government of Maharashtra is satisfied that<br \/>\n                     having regard the circumstances prevailing or<br \/>\n                     likely to prevail in the Greater Bombay Police<br \/>\n                     Commissionerate, it is necessary that during<br \/>\n                     the period commencing on 30th January, 1990<br \/>\n                     an ending on the 20th April, 1990, the<br \/>\n                     Commissioner of Police and the said<br \/>\n                     Commissioner should also exercise the powers<br \/>\n                     conferred by sub-section (2) of Section 3 of the<br \/>\n                     National Security Act, 1980 (65 of 1980)<br \/>\n                     (hereinafter referred to as &#8216;the said Act&#8217;).\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<blockquote><p>                           Now therefore, in exercise of the powers<br \/>\n                     conferred by sub-section (3) of Section 3 of<br \/>\n                     the said Act, the Government of Maharashtra<br \/>\n                     hereby directs that for the period commencing<br \/>\n                     on the 30th January, 1990 and ending on 20th<br \/>\n                     April, 1990 the Commissioner of Police Greater<br \/>\n                     Bombay may also if satisfied as provided in<br \/>\n                     sub-section (2) of Section 3 of the said Act<br \/>\n                     exercise the powers conferred on the State<br \/>\n                     Government by sub-section (2) of Section 3 of<br \/>\n                     the said Act.\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<blockquote><p>                          By order and in the name of Governor of<br \/>\n                     Maharashtra.&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>       In spite of satisfaction as required under section 3(2) of the<\/p>\n<p>National Security Act being there, even then the Hon&#8217;ble Supreme<\/p>\n<p>Court held that order is invalid as by the aforesaid conferment of<\/p>\n<p>the power, the Commissioner had no jurisdiction to pass order of<\/p>\n<p>detention as paragraph 1 of the order contains only reproduction of<\/p>\n<p>the terms of sub-section (3) of Section 3 but sub-section (3) refers<\/p>\n<p>to two independent circumstances, namely, (i) the prevailing<\/p>\n<p>circumstances, (ii) the circumstances that are likely to prevail. The<\/p>\n<p>Hon&#8217;ble Supreme Court goes further to say that the former<\/p>\n<p>evidently means circumstances in praesenti that is prevalent on the<\/p>\n<p>date   of   the   order   and   the   later   means   the   anticipated<\/p>\n<p>circumstances in future. The Court further goes to say that if the<\/p>\n<p>Government wants that the District Magistrate or the Commissioner<br \/>\n<span class=\"hidden_text\">                            8<\/span><\/p>\n<p>of Police should also exercise the powers for the current period, it<\/p>\n<p>has to satisfy itself with the prevailing circumstances and if the<\/p>\n<p>Government wants that the District Magistrate or the Commissioner<\/p>\n<p>of Police should also exercise the powers during the future period,<\/p>\n<p>it must be satisfied with the circumstances that are likely to prevail<\/p>\n<p>during that period and hence, subjective satisfaction of the<\/p>\n<p>detaining authority cannot be lightly recorded by reproducing both<\/p>\n<p>the alternative clauses. While coming to such conclusion the Court<\/p>\n<p>has held so.\n<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>                     &#8221; The use of the word &#8216;or&#8217; signifies either of the<br \/>\n                     two situations for different periods. That,<br \/>\n                     however, is not to say that the power cannot<br \/>\n                     be exercised for a future period by taking into<br \/>\n                     consideration circumstances prevailing on the<br \/>\n                     date of the order as well as circumstances<br \/>\n                     likely to prevail in future. The latter may stem<br \/>\n                     from the former. For example, there may be<br \/>\n                     disturbances on the date of the order and the<br \/>\n                     same situation may be visualized at a future<br \/>\n                     date also in which case the power maybe<br \/>\n                     conferred on the subordinate officers keeping<br \/>\n                     both the factors in mind, but in the case the<br \/>\n                     two circumstances would have to be joined by<br \/>\n                     the conjunctive work &#8216;and&#8217; not the disjunctive<br \/>\n                     word &#8216;or&#8217; in the impugned Government order<br \/>\n                     only indicates non-application of mind and<br \/>\n                     obscurity in thought.&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>       So far as the present case is concerned, the notification<\/p>\n<p>under which power has been conferred to the District Magistrate by<\/p>\n<p>the State Government in exercise of power under section 12(2) of<\/p>\n<p>the Act, neither speaks about the satisfaction as required under<\/p>\n<p>section 12(1) of the Act nor it can be said to have been empowered<\/p>\n<p>the District Magistrate separately either to pass detention order in<\/p>\n<p>the circumstances prevailing or in the circumstances that are likely<\/p>\n<p>to prevail. Thus, in view of the aforesaid decision, notification dated<\/p>\n<p>23.3.2009 has got to be declared as invalid. Consequently, the<\/p>\n<p>District Magistrate, Jamshedpur will have no jurisdiction to exercise<\/p>\n<p>the power of detaining authority under section 12(1) of the Act.<br \/>\n<span class=\"hidden_text\">                            9<\/span><\/p>\n<p>       Coming to the other submission, it be stated that the<\/p>\n<p>impugned order has also been sought to be quashed as the<\/p>\n<p>detaining authority without recording his satisfaction that the<\/p>\n<p>detenu is likely to indulge in his criminal activities soon after his<\/p>\n<p>release, has passed the order. In the context of the submission, it<\/p>\n<p>be stated that it is always the past conduct,        activities   or the<\/p>\n<p>antecedents of a person which the detaining authority takes into<\/p>\n<p>account in making a detention order but the same by itself may not<\/p>\n<p>be sufficient to pass an order of detention when the detenu is in<\/p>\n<p>custody, rather the detaining authority as per the decision of the<\/p>\n<p>Hon&#8217;ble Supreme Court in a case of <a href=\"\/doc\/98161\/\">Sayed Abul Ala vs. Union of<\/p>\n<p>India and others<\/a> [2007 (12) SCALE 345] needs to record his<\/p>\n<p>satisfaction on the following points.\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>                     (1) if the authority passing the order is aware<br \/>\n                         of the fact that he is actually in custody;\n<\/p>\n<p>                     (2) if he had a reason to believe on the basis<br \/>\n                         of reliable material placed before him;\n<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>                             (a) that there is a real possibility of his<br \/>\n                                  being released on bail, and (b) that<br \/>\n                                  on being released, he would in all<br \/>\n                                  probability indulge in prejudicial<br \/>\n                                  activities; and<br \/>\n                     (3) it is felt essential to detain him to prevent<br \/>\n                         him from so doing.\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>       In the present case, the detention order does indicate that<\/p>\n<p>the detaining authority was only aware of the fact that detenu is in<\/p>\n<p>custody. Detaining authority seemed to be quite oblivious of rest of<\/p>\n<p>the conditions a nowhere neither in the detention order nor in the<\/p>\n<p>counter affidavit, it has been recorded that the materials were<\/p>\n<p>there before the detaining authority to come to the conclusion that<\/p>\n<p>there is possibility of detenu being released on bail and that on<\/p>\n<p>being released, he would in all probability indulge in prejudicial<\/p>\n<p>activities. Thus, on this ground also the detention order cannot be<\/p>\n<p>sustained.\n<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"hidden_text\">                              10<\/span><\/p>\n<p>        Now coming to the third point relating to delay in disposal of<\/p>\n<p>the representation, it be recorded that the order of preventive<\/p>\n<p>detention curtails the personal liberty guaranteed under the<\/p>\n<p>Constitution. The right of representation has been given with a<\/p>\n<p>view that the said representation is to be considered at the earliest<\/p>\n<p>so that in case it is found that the detention order is not in<\/p>\n<p>accordance with law, the detenu should be released forthwith.<\/p>\n<p>Inordinate delay or unexplained delay has been held to be violative<\/p>\n<p>of constitutional mandate under Article 22(5) and on this ground<\/p>\n<p>alone the order of detention will vitiate. The Apex Court in catena<\/p>\n<p>of cases has held that the representation has to be disposed of at<\/p>\n<p>the earliest and if there has been the delay in disposal of the<\/p>\n<p>representation, the reasons for the delay must be indicated to the<\/p>\n<p>court or else the unexplained delay or unsatisfactory explanation in<\/p>\n<p>the disposal of the representation would vitally affect the order of<\/p>\n<p>detention and in that situation, the continued detention becomes<\/p>\n<p>bad.\n<\/p>\n<p>        Reference in this connection may be made to a decision of<\/p>\n<p>the Hon&#8217;ble Supreme Court in a case of <a href=\"\/doc\/629884\/\">Kundanbhai Dulabhai<\/p>\n<p>Shaikh vs. District Magistrate, Ahmedabad and others (AIR<\/a><\/p>\n<p>1996 SC 2998) .\n<\/p>\n<p>        In the instant case, there appears to be absolutely no<\/p>\n<p>explanation of delay in disposal of the representation. At paragraph<\/p>\n<p>5 of the counter affidavit filed on behalf of the respondent no.2,<\/p>\n<p>Secretary, Home, Government of Jharkhand, only statement is<\/p>\n<p>there    that   the representation filed by the detenu before the<\/p>\n<p>respondent      no.1   was    considered   and   rejected   and   was<\/p>\n<p>communicated to the detenu, vide letter no.2653 dated 29.6.2009<\/p>\n<p>whereas the State Government had approved the order of<\/p>\n<p>detention on 25.5.2009 and as such, no explanation whatsoever of<br \/>\n<span class=\"hidden_text\">                                 11<\/span><\/p>\n<p>      delay of 27days has been explained and as such, action of the<\/p>\n<p>      respondent can be said to be violative of the constitutional<\/p>\n<p>      mandate under Article 22(5) of the Constitution of India and<\/p>\n<p>      therefore, on this ground also the order of detention can not be<\/p>\n<p>      sustained.\n<\/p>\n<p>            Thus, the order of detention as contained in Annexure 1 and<\/p>\n<p>      also the order whereby it has been approved are hereby quashed.<\/p>\n<p>      Consequently, the petitioner is ordered to be released forthwith<\/p>\n<p>      unless he is required to be detained in any other case.<\/p>\n<p>            In the result, this application is allowed.\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>                                                          ( R.R. Prasad,J.)<br \/>\nND\/\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Jharkhand High Court Babur Khan @ Rasid Hussain vs State Of Jharkhand &amp; Ors on 9 September, 2009 In the High Court of Jharkhand at Ranchi W.P.(Cr.) No.272 of 2009 Babar Khan @ Rasid Hussain&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;Petitioner VERSUS 1.State of Jharkhand 2. 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