Stating that the freedom of liberty was paramount for an individual, the Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh High Court rejected the preventive detention order passed against a man, kept in jail on the ground that he was a hardcore criminal, who terrorised people in Jammu.
The Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh High Court on Monday held that without actually exhausting the remedy of filing of pre-arrest bail application before the court of first instance, one can't invoke the High Court's jurisdiction unless there are compelling and exceptional circumstances.
The Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh High Court denied bail to a man accused of lynching a Deputy SP of 3rd Battalion Security, while observing that his act has put humanity and spirit of Kashmiriyat to shame.
The Full Court, after taking into account the serious ailment of Imtiyaz Ahmed Lone, the then Civil Judge (Senior Division)/Sub-Judge, Uri and purely on humanitarian ground, is pleased to revoke the suspension order of the officer, read the order signed by Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh HC