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IIOJK HC quashes detention of three youth booked under draconian PSA
Srinagar: The High Court of Indian illegally occupied Jammu and Kashmir has quashed the illegal detention of three youth booked under black law Public Safety Act (PSA).
According to Kashmir Media Service, the court after hearing three separate petitions challenging orders of detention under PSA quashed these detention orders with the directives to the authorities to release the trio.
The court quashed the PSA of Muyeeb Shafi Ganie, Mohammad Ayaz alias Shantoo and Irfan Amin Butt.
They were detained by the detaining authority (concerned District Magistrates) on April 7, 2022, May 5, 2023 and May 2, 2023 respectively.
The Indian police had booked them on the charges of his involvement in anti-India and pro-freedom activities.