{"id":195071,"date":"2026-02-16T21:07:05","date_gmt":"2026-02-16T16:07:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/?p=195071"},"modified":"2026-02-16T21:08:28","modified_gmt":"2026-02-16T16:08:28","slug":"iiojk-hc-quashes-detention-of-kashmiri-youth-under-psa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/2026\/02\/16\/iiojk-hc-quashes-detention-of-kashmiri-youth-under-psa.html","title":{"rendered":"IIOJK HC quashes detention of Kashmiri youth under PSA <br>"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"780\" height=\"439\" src=\"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/assests\/2026\/02\/img-20260216-wa000418457764280785877990-780x439.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-195070\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/assests\/2026\/02\/img-20260216-wa000418457764280785877990-780x439.jpg 780w, https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/assests\/2026\/02\/img-20260216-wa000418457764280785877990-390x220.jpg 390w, https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/assests\/2026\/02\/img-20260216-wa000418457764280785877990-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/assests\/2026\/02\/img-20260216-wa000418457764280785877990.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 780px) 100vw, 780px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Srinagar: The High Court of Indian illegally occupied Jammu and Kashmir has quashed the illegal detention of a Kashmiri youth under the black law Public Safety Act (PSA) and ordered his release.<br><br>According to Kashmir Media Service, a division bench of the High Court comprising Chief Justice Arun Palli and Justice Rajesh Oswal heard a petition filed by Srinagar resident Shariq Ahmed Bangro against his detention under the black law PSA. <br><br>Senior advocate ST Hussain and advocate Nida Nazir, appearing for Shariq Ahmed Bangro, argued that the Srinagar District Magistrate had issued an order for preventive detention of their client on September 5, 2024. <br><br>After hearing the arguments of the lawyers of both sides, the bench quashed the illegal detention of Shariq Ahmed Bangro under the PSA and ordered the administration to release him. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Srinagar: The High Court of Indian illegally occupied Jammu and Kashmir has quashed the illegal detention of a Kashmiri youth under the black law Public Safety Act (PSA) and ordered his release.According to Kashmir Media Service, a division bench of the High Court comprising Chief Justice Arun Palli and Justice Rajesh Oswal heard a petition &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":195070,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-195071","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-indian-occupied-jammu-and-kashmir"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>IIOJK HC quashes detention of Kashmiri youth under PSA  &#062; 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