Section 7. Detention orders not to be invalid or inoperative on certain grounds
No detention order shall be invalid or inoperative merely by reason--
(a) that the person to be detained thereunder is outside the limits of the territorial jurisdiction of the Government or the officer making the order of detention; or
(b) that the place of detention of such person is outside the said limits.
Judgements applying section 7
The High Court allowed a criminal petition for bail filed by an accused charged with alleged offences under BNS and BCHITPNDPSA. The court held that despite ongoing investigation, the accused being a customer rather than an organiser and having a fixed abode justified bail subject to stringent conditions.
AllowedOpenHIGH COURT OF JHARKHAND AT RANCHI W.P.(Criminal) No.557 of 2024 ------ Charitra Kumar Dangi @ Chalitar Dangi @ Charitra Dangi, aged about 33 years, son of Suraj Dangi, resident of Village & P.O. & P.S. Gidhour, District Chatra (Jharkhand).
AllowedOpenThe High Court of Jharkhand examined a writ petition challenging an order of preventive detention under the NDPS Act against a man in judicial custody. The court upheld the order, finding the detaining authority had valid subjective satisfaction based on recent criminal cases and that the petitioner failed to exhaust…
DismissedOpen