HIGH COURT OF JAMMU & KASHMIR AND LADAKH AT SRINAGAR HCP No. 161/2025 Reserved on: 09.04.2026 Pronounced on: 17.04.2026 Arshid Ahmad Khan @ Abu Musa S/O Mohammad Altaf Khan R/O Wayil Wooder Gutlibagh District Ganderbal, through his father.

…Petitioner(s)

Through: Advocate N.A.Tabasum.

Vs.

1. Union Territory of J&K through Principal Secretary to Govt., Home Deptt.

Civil Secretariat, Srinagar.

2. District Magistrate, Ganderbal.

…Respondent(s)

Through: Govt. Advocate Waseem Gull.

CORAM: HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE M. A.CHOWDHARY, JUDGE

JUDGMENT

1. Through the medium of this petition, the petitioner has challenged the detention Order No. 01-DMG-PSA-2025 dated 05.04.2025 issued by District Magistrate, Ganderbal - respondent No. 2 (for short detaining authority) by virtue of which the petitioner (for short ‘detenue’) has been ordered to be detained under Section 8 of the Jammu & Kashmir Public Safety Act, 1978 (for short ‘the Act’) to prevent him from activities prejudicial to the security of the State.

1. It is stated in the petition that the detenue was initially arrested and was falsely implicated in FIR No. 199/2020 registered in Police Station, Ganderbal for the commission of offences under Sections 1