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| SC asks for deportation of Pak nationals | | | Early Times Reporter
Jammu, Sept 28: The Supreme Court today ordered the deportation of four Pakistani nationals who are languishing in the jails of Jammu and Kashmir and Punjab for over a decade without being produced before any court.
A Bench of Justices B N Aggrawal and P P Naolekar while quashing the proceedings against the four Pakistani prisoners directed the Centre to deport them by November 31 and file a compliance affidavit before it.
The apex Court asked the J&K Government to recommend the deportation of the prisoners by October 31, so as to facilitate the Centre carry out the necessary formalities for deporting them by the deadline fixed.
Enclosed in the brackets is the number of years spent by the prisoners in the various jails after being detained by the J&K under the Public Safety Act, whose deportation has now been ordered by the Supreme Court.
Raza-ul-Haq (twelve-and-half years, Anantnag), Mohd Osman Sheikh (four-and-half years, Sangrur, Punjab), Mohd Farooq Raja (12 years, Kupwara) and Kudratullah alias Masood (12 year, Jammu).
The maximum sentence, even if convicted under the Public Safety Act is two years, but the prisoners were detained in the jails without being produced in the courts, it was alleged in a petition.
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