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Observing that the detaining authority has used both the expressions “Public Order” and “Security of the State” with a wavering mind and uncertainty, the Jammu and Kashmir High Court has quashed the.
Fahad Shah, editor of The Kashmir Walla, who has faced multiple charges since his initial arrest on February 4, was sentenced under Jammu and Kashmir’s Public Safety Act (PSA) on March 14, which allows up to two years detainment without trial. The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) and its Indian affiliate, the Indian Journalists Union (IJU), condemn continued legal harassment under the draconian PSA, and urge the region’s administration to immediately drop all charges against him.
His lawyer said that authorities charged him under the preventive detention law sensing that he might be granted bail in the case for which he is in custody.