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SANJAY KUMAR DWIVEDI
Baba Parihast @ Jitendra Kumar, S/o. Late Ganesh Parihast – Appellant
Versus
State of Jharkhand – Respondent
JUDGMENT :
Heard Mr. Ankit Kumar, learned counsel for the petitioner and Mr. Ashok Kumar Yadav assisted by Ms. Priyanka Boby, learned counsel for the State.
2. This petition has been filed for quashing the letter no. 3052 dated 24.08.2021 issued by the Secretary, Department of Home, Prisoner and Disaster Management, Government of Jharkhand, Ranchi whereby the Government of Jharkhand has sanctioned the order of detention of the petitioner under Section 12(2) of the Jharkhand Crime Control Act, 2002 (for the sake of brevity herein after to be referred to as the 'the Act, 2002') pursuant to request made by the District Magistrate cum Deputy Commissioner, Deoghar vide letter no.891 dated 17.08.2021. The letter dated 26.10.2021 whereby sanction of order of detention under Section 12(2) of the Act, 2002 issued by the Secretary, Department of Home, Prisoner and Disaster Management is also under challenge. The recommendation of the District Magistrate cum Deputy Commissioner, Deoghar vide letter dated 17.08.2021 has also been sought to be quashed. The order dated 03.11.2021 by which further three months' detention order has been extended, has also been challenged in this petition.
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