Srinagar, April 24 -- "It is clear that there has to be a live and proximate link between the past conduct of the detenue and the activities alleged to be prejudicial to the maintenance of Security of the State," a bench of Justice (M.A.Chowdhary said while quashing detention order under PSA, passed by District Magistrate Pulwama, against Sahil Farooq Mir of Chakoora, at present, Noorpora Awantipora, on 25 October 2023.

"In the instant case, the said link is completely missing as the time between the order of detention and the incident(s) referred to in the grounds of detention is far too large to presume such a link", the court said.

Subsequently, the court directed release of the 21-year-old from the preventive custody "forthwith prov...