A division bench comprising Justices Devender Gupta and N G Nandi issued the direction to the state government on Khan's petition. In an affidavit, Standing Counsel S K Aggarwal, submitted that ``under the garb of the present writ petition, the petitioner is attempting to continue his nefarious activities and thus the writ is not maintainable.''

The court fixed August 3 as the date for the final arguments. The petitioner claimed compensation and sought a CBI inquiry into the abduction, illegal detention, extortion and attempt to murder by the police in April 1996.