JAMMU, Aug. 5 -- In two significant rulings on preventive detention, the High Court of Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh upheld the detention of a repeat offender from Rajouri while quashing the detention of a Udhampur resident booked under bovine smuggling charges, citing procedural lapses and lack of public order disturbance.
Justice M. A. Chowdhary, while dismissing Habeas Corpus Petition filed by Ajaz Ahmed through Advocate Sanchit Verma, upheld the preventive detention order issued by District Magistrate Rajouri dated 06.11.2024. The detenue was linked to a series of thefts targeting public utilities, including six FIRs registered at Police Station Nowshera in 2022 and 2023. The court noted that the thefts of voltage stabilizers, copper cabl...