Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, Nov 8: High Court has dismissed the petition filed by Zahoor Ahmed Parray, an Over Ground Worker of LeT organization, challenging his detention under PSA.
Justice Dhiraj Singh Thakur observed, “on perusal of the report, it can be seen that the petitioner was served with a copy of the order of detention, with the grounds of detention as also copies of the FIR. Not only this, the execution report also suggests that the documents were read-over and explained to the detenue in Urdu and Kashmiri languages, which the petitioner understood fully”.
“Signatures were also obtained by the executing officer. On a perusal of the signatures, it can be seen that the petitioner has signed in the English language. The execution report further suggests that the detenue was informed that he could make a representation to the Government. Besides this, in the grounds of detention, it was also specifically provided that the petitioner could make a representation to the Government/ detaining authority against the order of detention, if he so chose”, the High Court observed.
“If the execution report is to be believed, which suggests that the documents were read-over to the detenue, it would have certainly been brought to the notice of the detenue that he had a right of making a representation either to the Government or to the detaining authority. On a perusal of the records and the pleadings on record, it does not appear that the order of detention suffers from any non-application of mind or that it suffers from any procedural irregularity”, High Court said.
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