Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, Dec 11: High Court of Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh has upheld the detention under PSA of Shakeel Mohd, a bovine smuggler with the observations that effect of alleged activities of the detenue in the present case is not limited to the individuals directly involved.
“The bovine smuggling besides being a criminal offence has the potential of creating a feeling of discontent and indignation amongst a particular community. The bovine animals include cows and calves and their illegal smuggling is always viewed by one community only for the purpose of slaughter and, therefore, there is a feeling amongst the people belonging to such community, that the activity hurts their religious sentiments”, Justice Moksha Khajuria Kazmi said.
High Court further observed, “the activities of the detenue, against whom number of FIRs stand registered for illegal smuggling of bovine animals, have the potential to disturb even tempo of current life of the community and not only poses law and order problem but would also be a threat to the maintenance of public order in the area”.
While dismissing the petition, Justice Kazmi observed, “all the procedural safeguards have been adhered to by the detaining authority while detaining the detenue under preventive detention, including subjective satisfaction, providing of all the relevant material, informing about detenue’s right to make representation, as such, there is no perversity in the impugned detention order”.
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