JUDGMENT :

1. Impugned in this petition filed by the petitioner through his mother is an order of detention No.PITNDPS-12 of 2023 dated 02.05.2023 passed by the Divisional Commissioner, Jammu [“the Detaining Authority”] under Section 3 of the Prevention of Illicit Traffic in Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1988 [“the Act”], whereby the petitioner has been placed under preventive detention with a view to prevent him from indulging in illicit trafficking in narcotic drugs and psychotropic substances.

2. The impugned detention is made upon subjective satisfaction arrived at by the Detaining Authority on the basis of material supplied by the District Police in the shape of dossier. The petitioner, as is apparent from the grounds of detention allegedly served upon him, is involved in three FIRs registered in the year 2022 and 2023 in the Police Station, Miran Sahib under different Sections of the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985 [“NDPS Act”]. It is on the basis of these FIRs and some DDRs submitted by the District Police, the Detaining Authority arrived at its subjective satisfaction that the repeated involvement of the petitioner in illicit drug traffi