JAMMU, May 5 -- The High Court of Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh has quashed two separate preventive detention orders passed under the Jammu & Kashmir Public Safety Act, holding that stale allegations cannot be made the basis for curtailing personal liberty under the garb of "maintenance of public order."
Justice Rahul Bharti, in two similarly reasoned judgments, set aside the PSA detentions of Irfan Majeed Lone, 36, resident of Logripora Zaingeer Sopore, and Suhail Ahmad Parray, 27, resident of Bangar Mohalla Hajin, Bandipora, and directed their immediate release from the concerned jails.
In the case of Irfan Majeed Lone, the detention order had been passed by the District Magistrate, Baramulla vide Order No. 04/DMB/PSA/2025 dated April 28, ...