Court directed the respondent to immediately release the petitioner from preventive detention under the PITNDPS Act, deeming the continuing detention infructous due to petitioner's absence, subject to other cases.
Respondent directed to immediately release the petitioner from preventive detention.
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Serial No. 2 Cause list
HIGH COURT OF JAMMU & KASHMIR AND LADAKH AT SRINAGAR HCP 87/2025
IRSHAD AHMAD SHEIKH
…Appellant(s)/Petitioners(s)
Through: None
Vs.
UNION TERRITORY OF J AND K ORS.
...Respondent(s)
Through: None
CORAM:
HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE RAJESH SEKHRI, JUDGE.
ORDER
10.09.2026.
Petitioner is continuously absent.
The impugned detention order, in the present case came to be passed against the petitioner on 09.04.2025 under PITNDPS (Prevention of Illicit Traffic in Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act). It appears that the present petition, with the afflux of time, has been rendered infructous.
Respondents are directed to immediately release the petitioner from
preventive detention, provided he is not required in any other offence/case.
Disposed of.
(RAJESH SEKHRI) JUDGE
Srinagar: 10.09.2026. Misba
2 issues framed by the court
Whether the respondent was directed to release the petitioner from preventive detention passed under the PITNDPS Act.
Whether the petition should be allowed given that the petitioner was continuously absent.
1 provisions across 1 enactments
Irshad Ahmad Sheikh
Union Territory of J and K Ors.
Rajesh Sekhri
As recorded by the court registry
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