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2009 DIGILAW 359 (JK)

Bilal Kashru v. State Of J. &K.

2009-07-27

J.P.SINGH

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1. Petitioners learned counsel makes a short submission to support Bilal Kashrus challenge to the District Magistrate Shopians Order No. 63/ DMS/PSA/09 dated 4.2.2009 whereby he has been ordered to be detained under section 8 (a-1) of the Jammu and Kashmir Public Safety Act 1978, urging that the material relied upon by the Detaining Authority was not supplied to the detenue to provide him requisite opportunity to make effective representation to the Government against his detention on the grounds, which, according to him, are vague and uncertain. 2. Conceding that the material relied upon by the Detaining Authority was not supplied to the detenue, respondents learned counsel Mr. Wani urged that no prejudice has been caused to the detenue whose detention was justified in view of his activities detailed in the grounds of detention. 3. I have considered the submissions of learned counsel for the parties, perused the grounds of detention and the detention records made available by the learned State counsel. 4. Perusal of the grounds of detention indicates that although reference to the date of registration of the FIRs and the damage caused to the forest wealth is indicated therein yet the date of commission of the offence or the place where the damage is stated to have been caused to the forest wealth, are missing therefrom. 5. The allegations appearing in the grounds of detention attributing damage of the Forest wealth to the detenue are vague, in-definite and un-certain. 6. Looking to the nature of the allegations appearing in the grounds of detention, and the omission of the respondents to supply the copies of the FIRs mentioned in the grounds of detention and the Dossier supplied by the Divisional Forest Officer, Forest Division Shopian, to the Detaining Authority, on the basis whereof, the petitioners detention is stated to have been ordered, I am of the view that the detenue has been prejudiced in making an effective representation to the Government against his detention, for, representation by the detenue, contemplated by Section 13 of the Jammu and Kashmir Public Safety Act may not be conceived unless the detenue was supplied the material which had been considered by the Detaining Authority for passing the detention order. Learned State counsels plea that non-supply of the material relied upon by the Detaining Authority to the detenue had not prejudiced him in making representation to the Government, is found to be without any merit, hence rejected. 7. For all what has been said above, the petitioners detention becomes un-sustainable. 8. This petition is, accordingly, allowed, quashing District Magistrate Shopians Order No. 63/ DMS/PSA/09 dated 4.2.2009. Respondents are directed to release the detenue forthwith from the preventive custody. 9. Detention records be returned to the learned State counsel.