The petitioner, Mahavir Gope, filed a writ petition under Article 226 of the Constitution of India before the Jharkhand High Court challenging his preventive detention ordered by the District Magistrate-cum-Deputy Commissioner, Khunti on 21.10.2025 under Section 12(2) of the Jharkhand Control of Crimes Act, 2002, which was subsequently confirmed and extended twice, keeping him detained from 21.10.2025 to 20.07.2026. The petitioner argued that the detention was illegal on multiple grounds, including: his production before the Advisory Board after 27 days instead of the mandated 21 days under Section 19 of the Act; non-supply of relevant documents; failure of the detaining authority to record proper satisfaction; and that mere pendency of criminal cases (in two of which he was acquitted and in two he was on bail) cannot justify preventive detention when ordinary criminal law remedies were available. The State contended that the petitioner was a notorious member of the banned extremist organisation PLFI, involved in levy collection, extortion, and spreading terror, making preventive detention necessary to maintain public order. The judgment text provided covers the factual matrix and submissions of both parties but does not include the final operative order or conclusion of the court.