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IN THE HIGH COURT OF JAMMU & KASHMIR AND LADAKH AT JAMMU
RAHUL BHARTI
Imran Ali S/o Sadit Ali – Appellant
Versus
Union Territory of Jammu & Kashmir, through Principal Secretary (Home) – Respondent
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JUDGMENT :
01. Heard Mr. Muzaffar Iqbal Khan, learned counsel for the petitioner and Mr. Rajesh Thappa, learned AAG for the respondents. Perused the writ pleadings, the documents therewith as also the detention record produced.
02. The petitioner, acting through his wife Khushboo Kouser, has come to petition this Court under article 226 of the Constitution of India on 12.02.2024 seeking a writ of habeas corpus with respect to the preventive detention of the petitioner effected under the Jammu & Kashmir Public Safety Act, 1978 by virtue of an order passed by the District Magistrate, Rajouri. Although in the petition instead of being referred as District Magistrate it is referred as Deputy Commissioner, Rajouri being the respondent No. 2.
03. A
Preventive detention under the Jammu & Kashmir Public Safety Act must be justified by current threats to public order, not merely past criminal behavior.
Preventive detention under the Jammu & Kashmir Public Safety Act must be justified by current threats to public order, not merely by past criminal activities.
Preventive detention under the Jammu & Kashmir Public Safety Act must be justified by a clear threat to public order, not merely based on past criminal activities.
Preventive detention under the J&K Public Safety Act requires sufficient grounds related to public order; mere allegations without current relevance do not justify detention.
The distinction between law and order and public order is crucial in cases of preventive detention, and the impact on the community must be considered. The failure to respond to the petitioner's repr....
Preventive detention must be based on immediate threats to public order, not merely on past criminal behavior, and should not bypass ordinary criminal law.
Preventive detention must be justified by clear grounds and cannot serve punitive purposes; failure to differentiate factual basis renders detention illegal.
Preventive detention must be justified by relevant and timely grounds; reliance on stale FIRs is insufficient to curtail personal liberty.
Preventive detention should not be based on stale incidents and should not be used as a mode of punishment without trial.
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