Excelsior Correspondent
SRINAGAR, June 10: The High Court today reserved its orders on the plea of senior National Conference leader Ali Mohammad Sagar seeking quashing of his detention order passed against him in February this year.
Justice Sindhu Sharma after receiving the records pertaining to detention of Sagar and after hearing both the parties through video conferencing reserved its verdict on Sagar’s plea.
Sagar had approached the High Court through his counsel Shuja-ul-Haq challenging the detention order passed by District Magistrate Srinagar vide order No. DMS/ PSA/145/2019 against him dated 5-02-2020.
Government has already filed its objections against the plea of Sagar seeking quashing of his detention orders. As the pleadings were complete in the matter as such after hearing the counsels of both parties, Court reserved its orders on the plea.
It was noted that the authorities till date have not considered the previous direction in which authorities were directed to consider the bail of the petition in view of recent situation.
Court on April 3 had directed the authorities to consider the bail of Sagar on the basis of averments made in the application more particularly having regard to health ground and submit the report on next date of hearing.
Sagar has been under continuous detention since August last year and has been detained under the PSA vide order of detention dated 5-2-2020 which has recently been extended by the authorities by further period of three months.
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