JAMMU, Oct. 7 -- The High Court of Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh has quashed the preventive detention of Abdul Qayoom alias Bittu of Kadwah, Udhampur, holding that FIRs dating back nearly 27 years could not, by themselves, establish the "live and proximate link" required to justify preventive detention.
A Division Bench comprising Justice Sindhu Sharma and Justice Rajesh Sekhri allowed the intra-court appeal filed by Qayoom and set aside the October 9, 2025 judgment of the Single Judge, which had earlier dismissed his habeas corpus petition. The Division Bench pronounced its judgment on October 6.
The detention order, bearing No. 14-PSA-2024, had been passed by the District Magistrate, Udhampur, on December 24, 2024 under Section 8 of the pr...