HIGH COURT OF JAMMU & KASHMIR AND LADAKH AT SRINAGAR HCP No. 238/2025 Reserved on: 07.05.2026 Pronounced on: 14.05.2026 Uploaded on: ____________ Whether the operative part or full judgment is pronounced- Full Saleem Mushtaq Beigh S/O Mushtaq Ahmad Beigh, R/O Jalalabad Sopore, District Baramulla.

…Petitioner(s)

Through: Adv. Syed Sajad Geelani.

Vs.

1. Union Territory of J&K through Principal Secretary to Govt., Home Department, Civil Sectt. Srinagar.

2. District Magistrate, Baramulla.

3. Superintendent District Jail Amphalla.

…Respondent(s)

Through: Dy.AG Hakim Aman Ali.

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

JUDGMENT

1. Through the instant petition filed under Article 226 of the Constitution of India, the petitioner seeks quashment of detention Order No. 07/DMB/PSA/2025 dated 29.04.2025 passed by respondent No. 2-District Magistrate, Baramulla under the provisions of the Jammu & Kashmir Public Safety Act, 1978, whereby the detenue has been placed under preventive detention in order to stop him from indulging in the activities prejudicial to the maintenance of ‘security of State’.

2. Contention of learned counsel for the petitioner is that the impugned detention order is illegal, u