Early Times Report
Jammu, Jan 18: Vacation Judge of J&K High Court Srinagar Wing Justice Sanjeev Kumar today dismissed a petition seeking quashment of PSA filed by alleged Stone Pelter.
While dismissing the petition filed by Irfan Ahmad Lone challenging the Order no.65/DMB/PSA/2017 dated 21.08.2017, of District Magistrate, Baramulla placing one Irfan Ahmad Lone son of Mohammad Abdullah Lone resident of Bilal Colony, Qamarwari, Srinagar under preventive detention to prevent him from acting in any manner prejudicial to the maintenance of security of the State, Justice Sanjeev Kumar observed that it is the settled law that the detention order, grounds of detention and documents, referred to and relied on, are to be communicated to the detenu in a language understood by him so that he could make an effective representation against his detention.
In the present case, perusal of the detention record, produced by learned counsel for respondents, reveals that the detenu has put his signatures, both on overleaf of detention order when the detention was executed and on receipt of grounds of detention, accepting and admitting that he understood the contents of the grounds of detention as the same has been explained to him in the language which he understands, i.e. Kashmiri. Besides, the detenu has studied up to Class 12th. This is so stated in the grounds of detention, which fact the petitioner has not disputed in the petition. Thus, it cannot be heard saying that the detenu has no knowledge about the English language. The fact that the detenu has read up to 12th and the grounds of detention have been explained to him in his vernacular, go a long way to show that the right of the detenu to make an effective representation has not been impaired in any manner. Be that as it may, the petition lacks in merit. |
