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IN THE HIGH COURT OF JAMMU & KASHMIR AND LADAKH AT SRINAGAR
RAHUL BHARTI
Showkat Ahmad Dar – Appellant
Versus
Union Territory of J&K – Respondent
JUDGMENT :
RAHUL BHARTI, J.
1. Heard learned counsel for the petitioner as well as for the respondents.
2. Perused the writ pleadings and the documents therewith from both ends. Also perused the detention record produced for inspection of this Court.
3. The petitioner Showkat Ahmad Dar, a 29 years’ aged young man acting through is wife Mst. Sabreena Jan age 27 years came forward with the present petition filed on 13.05.2025, thereby seeking issuance of a writ of habeas corpus for restoration of his personal liberty with quashment of a preventive detention order passed against him by the respondent No.2- District Magistrate Srinagar, under Jammu and Kashmir Public Safety Act, 1978.
4. By virtue of order No.DMS/PSA/06-2025 dated 26.04.2025, the respondent No.2-District Magistrate, Srinagar, held the petitioner liable for suffering preventive detention in order to prevent him from acting in manner prejudicial to maintenance of Security of the State.
5. The respondent No.2- District Magistrate, Srinagar was approached by the respondent No.3- Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP), Srinagar, with a dossier submitted through vide letter No.Lgl/Det/2025/12129- 32 dated 09.04.2025, wherein materi
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