HIGH COURT OF JAMMU & KASHMIR AND LADAKH AT SRINAGAR HCP No. 234/2025 Reserved on: 30.04.2026 Pronounced on: 05.05.2026 Uploaded on: ____________

Whether the operative part or full judgment is pronounced: Full Tariq Ahmad Rah (35 years)

S/O Gh. Hassan Rah (Through his wife Roozy Jan)

R/O Gundnowroz Bijbehara District Anantnag.

…Petitioner(s)

Through: Adv. Mukhtar Ahmad Makroo.

Adv. Shokiya Rashid.

Adv. Syed Faheem Andrabi.

Vs.

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

Home Department, Civil Sectt. Srinagar.

2. District Magistrate, Anantnag.

…Respondent(s)

Through: GA Ilyas Laway.

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

JUDGMENT

1. In exercise of powers under Section 8 of the Jammu & Kashmir Public Safety Act, 1978 (for short ‘the Act’), respondent No.2 - District Magistrate Anantnag (for short ‘detaining authority’) passed Detention Order No. 23/DMA/PSA/DET/2025 dated 16.05.2025 (for short ‘impugned order’), in terms whereof the petitioner Tariq Ahmad Rah (for short ‘the detenue’) was ordered to be detained under the Act in order to deter him from acting in any manner prejudicial to the maintenance of ‘Public Order’ in the UT of J&K.

2. The detenue through the mediu