HIGH COURT OF JAMMU & KASHMIR AND LADAKH AT JAMMU CM No. 7355/2024 Reserved on: 07.08.2025.

Pronounced on: 11.08.2025 Noor Din, Age 57 years, S/O Habib Gujjar, R/O Kakerwagan, Tehsil Mughalmaidan, District Kishtwar, J&K Through son, Mohd. Ashraf ….Petitioner(s)

Through :- Mr. Sanchit Verma, Advocate.

V/S

1. The Union Territory of Jammu & Kashmir Through Principal Secretary (Home), Civil Secretariat, Jammu.

2. District Magistrate, Kishtwar

3. Senior Superintendent of Police, Kishtwar.

4. Superintendent, Central Jail, Jammu.

….Respondent(s)

Through :- Mr. Eishaan Dadhichi, GA CORAM: HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE MA CHOWDHARY, JUDGE

JUDGMENT

1. Petitioner namely Noor Din S/O Habib Gujjar, R/O Kakerwagan, Tehsil Mughalmaidan, District Kishtwar (for short „the detenue‟) through his son, has challenged the detention Order No.4^th /DM/K/PSA of 2024 dated 07.11.2024 (impugned order), issued by respondent No.2, District Magistrate, Kisthwar (hereinafter to be referred as “the detaining authority”), whereby he has been placed under preventive detention, in order to prevent him from acting in any manner prejudicial to the maintenance of „security of the State‟.

2. Petitioner has raised many grounds to assail the im