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Sumedha Mittal

Detention quashed, but several PSA prisoners languish in jail over procedural delays

In 2022, Rameez* had big plans. He wanted to finish his law course and get married to the “love of his life”, until he was arrested in June that year under the Public Safety Act, 1978, as his activities were “highly prejudicial to the maintenance of public order of the state”. 

Lodged in a Kashmir prison, Rameez was subsequently sent to jail in Uttar Pradesh. However, last year, the Jammu and Kashmir High Court quashed his detention and ordered his release provided he was not required in any other case. The court observed that the detaining authority had been “unmindful” considering that he was arrested in FIRs lodged in 2010 in which he had already received bail, without any additional charges. 

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