HIGH COURT OF JAMMU & KASHMIR AND LADAKH AT SRINAGAR HCP No.237/2025 CM 4151/2025 CM 7578/2025 Reserved on: 21.04.2026 Pronounced on: 29.04.2026 Uploaded on: 30.04.2026 Whether the operative part or full judgment is pronounced- Full Danish Farooq Bhat, S/O Farooq Ahmad Bhat, (Through his father)

R/O Kulangam, Kupwara.

…Petitioner(s)

Through: Adv. Arafat Rashid.

Vs.

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

2. Director General of Police, J&K, Srinagar.

3. District Magistrate, Kupwara.

4. Sr. Superintendent of Police, P.D Handwara.

5. Superintendent District Jail, Jammu.

…Respondent(s)

Through: GA Faheem Nisar Shah.

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

JUDGMENT

1. The petitioner herein -Danish Farooq Bhat (‘detenue’ for short) is aggrieved of the order passed by the respondent No.3-District Magistrate, Kupwara (‘DM’ for short), who, in exercise of powers conferred on him under Section 8(1)(a)(i) of the J&K Public Safety Act, 1978, as detaining authority has detained the petitioner in order to prevent him from the activities detrimental to the security of the UT of J&K in terms of detention Order No. 06-DMK/PSA of

2025 dat