The Jammu Kashmir high court has ordered the ‘conditional’ release of separatist leader, Masarat Alam maintaining that the detention order against him has outlived its life.
A division bench of the J&K high court comprising Justice Sanjeev Kumar and Justice Rajnesh Oswal on Tuesday ordered the release of Masarat Alam, chairman of the separatist Muslim League, after noticing that the detention order against Alam had outlived its life.
The High Court said Masrat must be released if there are no more pending FIRs against him.
Masarat Alam has been detained under the harsh Public Safety Act (PSA) 36 times.
His last preventive detention under the PSA was ordered by the District Magistrate in J&K’s Kupwara district on November 14, 2017.
He is known as a close confidante of senior separatist leader, Syed Ali Geelani.