Srinagar, May 23 -- A bench of Justice Puneet Gupta quashed the order dated 28 June 2022 passed by District Magistrate Shopian under PSA against Sartaj Ahmad Naik of Mantribugh, Shopian and directed the authorities to release him from custody forthwith provided he was not required in some other case.

"There appears to be no reason as to why the petitioner should not have been provided with the dossier or any other material pertaining to the detention. This very flaw in the proceedings carried out by the respondents knocks out the validity of the detention order," the court said.

The Court observed that for all practical purposes the grounds of detention were reproduction of the dossier provided by the police to the District Magistrate. ...