JUDGMENT

District Magistrate, Pulwama–respondent no. 2 here (for brevity ¯detaining authority ), has, by Order no. 120/DMP/PSA/19 dated 16.10.2019, placed Riyaz Ahmad Bhat S/o Gh. Nabi Bhat R/o Karimabad, Tehsil and District Pulwama (for short ¯detenu ) under preventive detention, with a view to prevent him from acting in any manner prejudicial to the security of the State. It is this order, of which petitioner is aggrieved and throws challenge thereto on the grounds tailored in petition on hand.

2. The case set up by the petitioner in instant petition is that detenu was arrested in the first week of October, detained illegally for several days and thereafter was implicated in FIR No. 22/2018 under Sections 307 RPC, 727 A. Act & 3/4 Exp. Subs Act and FIR No. 25/2018 under Sections 307 RPC, 7/27 Arms Act by the Police Station, Pulwama and thereafter was placed under preventive detention in terms of impugned detention order.

2.1. It is averred in petition that procedural safeguards under the Constitution of India and envisaged in terms of J&K Public Safety Act, have not been complied with by respondents while ordering detention of detenu.

2.2. It is contended that grounds of detention, o