A Division Bench of the High Court of Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh has quashed the detention of a South Kashmir youth lodged in Agra Jail of Uttar Pradesh under the Public Safety Act (PSA).
After being arrested by police in 2022 the accused Rayees Ahmed Sofi son of Ghulam Qadir Sofi, a resident of Gagren Shopian was shifted to Central Jail Agra.
He is an Auto-Driver by profession.
The Counsel for the accused, Advocate Bashir Ahmed Tak argued that the detaining authority has not attributed any specific allegation against the detenue.
Furthermore, it was also stated that the detenue has been incapacitated in filing a representation as the grounds of detention were not in a language that could be understood by the detenue.
The Counsel for the detenue as per a local news agency, Kashmir News Trust (KNT), contended that the detenue was detained in old cases and on charges of ‘fake’ stone-pelting.