IN THE HIGH COURT OF JAMMU & KASHMIR AND LADAKH AT JAMMU HCP No. 141/2025 Reserved on: 06.03.2026 Pronounced on : 25.03.2026 Uploaded on : 25.03.2026 Whether the operative part or full judgment is pronounced: Full Abdul Gani ….Petitioners Through:- Mr. Sumir Pandita, Advocate.

V/s UT of J&K & Ors …..Respondents Through:- Mr. Suneel Malhotra, GA.

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CORAM: HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE SANJAY DHAR, JUDGE (JUDGMENT)

01. The petitioner, through the medium of the present petition, has challenged order No. PSA/173 dated 01.09.2025 (hereinafter to be referred to as “impugned order of detention”) issued by respondent No. 2-District Magistrate, Kathua whereby he has been placed under preventive detention with a view to prevent him from acting in any manner prejudicial to the maintenance of public order and peace.

02. The petitioner has challenged the impugned order of detention on the ground that whole of the material, forming the basis of grounds of detention, has not been furnished to him, which has deprived him from making an effective representation against the impugned order of detention. It has also been contended that the grounds of detention are replica of the dossier of SSP, Kathua. It has also