The petitioner, Kuleshwar Yadav, filed a writ petition under Article 226 of the Constitution of India before the Jharkhand High Court challenging a detention order dated 15.01.2026 passed by the Additional Principal Secretary, Department of Home, Prison & Disaster Management, Government of Jharkhand, under Section 3(1) of the Prevention of Illicit Traffic in Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1988 (PITNDPS Act). The detention was based on ten criminal cases, including NDPS cases and non-NDPS cases, as well as police station diary entries. The petitioner argued that the detention order lacked subjective satisfaction of the detaining authority, as two of the referenced cases had resulted in acquittals after the detention order was passed, two others had resulted in bail, two cases were not under the NDPS Act, and the station diary entries had no evidentiary value. The State countered that the petitioner was a habitual offender in narcotic trafficking, that the acquittals occurred after the detention order was passed, and that two NDPS cases remained pending. The judgment text provided does not record a final operative order or conclusion, as the matter appears to have been reserved and the full decision is not included in the excerpt.