Orders release
Ishfaq Tantry
Srinagar, Sept 8: High Court has quashed the detention orders of three persons booked under infamous Public Safety Act (PSA) and ordered their release.
The trio, whose PSA was quashed by the court include Munir Ahmad Sheikh son of Abdul Majeed Sheikh of Dhobi Ghat Maisuma, Bilal Ahmad Dar son of Ghulam Mohammad of Budgam and Kaka Poswal of Pulwama.
Advocate Mir Shafqat Husain, who challenged the detention of the trio under PSA said, “This is the second time that High Court has quashed PSA against Munir. He was first arrested in 2008 and booked under PSA. Later, we challenged his PSA and the court quashed his detention on August 4, 2009”.
He said Munir was not released but booked under another PSA on March 31, 2010. “We again challenged his PSA before HC and on September 1, Justice Hasnain Masoodi quashed Munir’s detention order and ordered his release”.
Shafqat said Bilal’s PSA was quashed by Justice Hasnain Masoodi on September 04. “He was arrested in April 2010 and booked under PSA. He was lodged at Udhampur jail”.
“The PSA of Kaka Poswal was quashed by Justice Masoodi on September 4. Kaka has served a long time under detentions. This was the third PSA against Poswal which has now been quashed by the Court,” Shafqat told Rising Kashmir.
Meanwhile, High Court has directed authorities not to shift a foreign militant Imran Khan serving his detention under PSA at Central jail Srinagar.
