Excelsior Correspondent
SRINAGAR, Sept 2: High Court has upheld the detention orders of two persons involved in drug trafficking citing the drug problem is a serious threat to public health and well-being of humanity.
Justice M A Chowdhary has dismissed the plea of two detenues – Sajad Ahmad Butt of Doda and Naveed Ahmad of Poonch. Both accused had challenged their PSA dated 18.10.2023 and 21.09.2023 passed by the detaining authority.
“…The petitions are found to be devoid of any merit and substance and are liable to be rejected. These petitions are thus dismissed and the impugned orders relating to preventive detention of the petitioners is upheld”, Justice Chowdhary concluded.
“…It also distorts the health and fabric of the society and it is considered to be the originator for petty offences as well as heinous crimes like smuggling of arms & ammunition and money laundering. The involvement of various terrorist groups and syndicates in drug trafficking leads to threat to the national security and sovereignty of States by the way of Narco-terrorism”, read the judgment.
The drug trafficking court added, it has continued its significant toll on valuable human lives and productive years of many persons around the globe and with the growth and development of world economy, drug traffickers are also seamlessly trafficking various type of drugs from one corner to other ensuring the availability of the contrabands for vulnerable segment of the society who fall into the trap of drug peddlers and traffickers.
Court said that it is clearly disclosed that it is not a number of acts that are to be determined for detention of an individual but it is the impact of the acts which is material and determinative. In the instant cases the act of detenues relates to drug trafficking, which has posed serious threat, apart from health and welfare of the people, to youth, most particularly unemployed youth, to indulge in such acts, ramifications thereof would be irreversible and unimaginable.
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