Excelsior Correspondent
Srinagar, Jan 5: High Court upheld the detention of an Over Ground Worker (OGW) of Lashker-e-Toiba (LeT) and said the order of detention under Public Safety Act against the detenu issued by the detaining authority is well within the parameters of law.
Justice Rajnesh Oswal said that no fault can be found with the detention order as such the same is upheld and dismissed the petition by adding that the same is found to be without merit.
Through the medium of the petition, Petitioner Arif Rashid Mir of Sopore had questioned the detention order passed by the District Magistrate Baramulla on the ground that the detaining authority has merely acted as a rubber stamp on the report of Senior Superintendent of Police, Sopore and there is no satisfaction recorded by the DM Baramulla while passing the detention order.
On the contrary, Government counsel while defending the order of detention as also the grounds of detention submitted that all the procedural requirements have been followed while passing the order in question.
Court said the detaining authority has recorded its satisfaction that because of the past activities there is every apprehension that the detenu may indulge in subversive activities.
Court on questioning the order of detention on various grounds said, all the grounds taken by the detenu so prove the detention order is bad, fails as the detenu has indulged in subversive activities prejudicial to the security of the state.
Court said that such type of activities ar not conducted openly but in clandestine manner. Court after perusal of the grounds of detention said, these grounds reveal that the detaining authority has stated in details the subversive activities of the detenu and his indulgence in these activities.
“He has been continuously providing logistic support to the foreign and local militants and the purpose of preventive detention is to prevent a person from indulging him in illegal activities”, Justice Oswal said.
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