Early Times Report
JAMMU, May 24: Justice Dhiraj Singh Thakur of Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh High Court Srinagar Wing has upheld the detention under Public Safety Act (PSA) of Farooq Ahmad Misgar who was working as an assistant cashier in the J&K Bank Shalimar Branch, Srinagar and petitioner was affiliated with The Resistance Front (TRF).
Justice Singh observed that according to the grounds of detention, which on perusal reflects that the petitioner was working as an assistant cashier in the J&K Bank Shalimar Branch, Srinagar and that the petitioner was affiliated with TRF. It is further stated that the technical inputs clearly suggested that the petitioner was in touch with the Pakistan based terrorist leaders and have been taking instructions through a variety of new communication technologies which were encrypted and very difficult to decipher. It is also stated that the petitioner was an over ground worker of the TRF and was actively involved in providing a variety of logistics support to the shooters of the TRF who had unleashed a spate of terror by killing persons who were soft targets. These targets included street vendors, labourers from outside J&K working in orchards, small shops and commercial establishments, policemen who were off duty or were unarmed.
Justice Singh observed that the petitioner is working as a Cashier in the J&K Bank and, therefore, cannot claim that he is either illiterate or unable to understand the language in which the order of detention and the grounds of detention were couched obviating the necessity of furnishing a translated version of the said documents in any other language. Insofar as the legal obligation to read over the detention order and the grounds of detention to the detainee is concerned, has been fully satisfied.
Justice Singh dismissed the petition and upheld the passed by the District Magistrate, Srinagar, who, in purported exercise of its powers vested in it under Section 8 of the Jammu and Kashmir Public Safety Act, 1978 (for short, Act of 1978), has o rdered the detention of the petitioner with a view to prevent him from acting in any manner prejudicial to the maintenance and security of the state. |
