Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, Apr 21: High Court of Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh has upheld the detention under Prevention of Illicit Traffic in Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1988 of Owais Ahmad Tag and Ishfaq Ahmed Khan.
While dismissing the petitions, Justice Vinod Chatterji Koul observed, “in the recent years, India has been facing a problem of transit traffic in illicit drugs. The spillover from such traffic has caused tribulations of abuse and addiction. This trend has created an illicit demand for drugs within the country”.
“The illicit traffic in narcotic drugs and psychotropic substances poses a serious threat to the health and welfare of the people and activities of persons engaged in such illicit traffic have a deleterious effect on the national economy as well”, High Court said, adding “having regard to the persons by whom and the manner in which such activities are organised and carried on, and having regard to the fact that in certain areas which are highly vulnerable to the illicit traffic in narcotic drugs, such activities of a considerable magnitude are clandestinely organised and carried on, it is necessary for the effective prevention of such activities to provide for detention of persons concerned in any manner therewith”.
“The consequences of drug use usually are not limited to user and often extend to the user’s family and the greater community. The consequences of illicit drug use impact the entire criminal justice system, taxing resources at each stage of the arrest, adjudication, incarceration and post-release supervision process. It impacts productivity. It causes premature mortality, illness, injury leading to incapacitation and imprisonment all serve to directly reduce national productivity”, High Court said.
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