HC quashes PSA of Nanaji, seven others PDF Print Email
Wednesday, 14 October 2009
Srinagar, October 13: The Jammu and Kashmir High Court Tuesday quashed the Public Safety Act (PSA) of eight persons including JKLF(R) leader, Muhammad Saleem Nanaji. Justice Hakim Imtiyaz of J&K High Court Tuesday quashed the detention orders of eight persons under the infamous Public Safety Act(PSA). These eight orders also include the quashment of the PSA of Muhammad Rafiq Pahloo alias Mohammad Saleem Nanaji, whose case in the court was represented by Advocate Mian Qayoom.
The other seven  persons whose PSA was  quashed by the High Court Shakeel Ahmad Rather, , Khursheed A Lone, R/o Qazi Bagh, Islamabad, Mohammad Abbas Parray, R/o Bandipora, Sarfaraz Ahmad from Sopore, Mohammad Shafi Chopan from Pahalgam, Islamabad, Tariq Ahmad Lone R/o Bijbihara, Islamabad and Javed Ahmad Pathan R/o Islamabad. Among these seven persons, Javed Ahmad Rather was represented in the Court by Advocate M.Ashraf Wani, while as others were represented in the High Court by Advocate Mir Shafqat Hussain.

Giving further details, Advocate Mir Shafqat Hussain, who represented six persons in the court, said “Khursheed A Lone from Qazi Bagh was detained for the forth time under PSA, which has now been quashed by the HC.”
As per Advocate Shafqat “Another detainee Tariq Ahmad Lone from Bijbihara was first arrested on 19 June 2007 and a case was registered in PS Bijbihara under FIR No. 147/07 under  section 302, RPC 7/27. In addition he was also booked in FIR No. 173/07 us 307 and FIR 560/07 while still in custody.”

He added, “Later on, Tariq was booked under PSA on January 3, 2008, which was later on quashed by the HC on 5/8/2008. But still then he was not released from confinement in Srinagar Central Jail. In the meantime, Tariq was granted bail in all the cases registered in PS Bijbihara on February 18 and April 5, 2009.”

“Tariq was then again booked under PSA on 16/6/2009, which has now been quashed by the High Court.”