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| HC uphold PSA of drug peddler | | | Early Times Report
Jammu, Sept 24: Justice Sindhu Sharma of Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh High Court upheld the the Prevention of Illicit Traffic in Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1998, read with SRO 247 of 1998 dated 27.07.1988, to detain the petitioner Narvir Singh, vide order No. PITNDPS 44 of 2023 dated 27.09.2023. While upholding the detention, Justice Sindhu Sharma after hearing Adv Prince Khanna for the appellant whereas AAG Amit Gupta for the UT, observed that that there is no parallel between prosecution in a Court of law and a detention order under the Public Safety Act. One is a punitive action and the other is a preventive act.
In one, case a person is punished to prove his guilt and the standard is proof beyond reasonable doubt whereas in preventive detention a man is prevented from doing something which it is necessary for reasons mentioned in the Act. JNF |
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