HIGH COURT OF JAMMU & KASHMIR AND LADAKH AT JAMMU HCP No. 119/2025 Hafizullah, Age 25 years S/O Late Mohd. Iqbal through his Mother namely, Gulzara Begum, Age 55 years W/O Mohd. Iqbal R/o Village Nilhote, Tehsil Assar, District Doda. …..Petitioner(s) Through: Mr. Asam Abidi Bhat, Advocate. Vs 1. Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir, Through its Secretary to the Government, Home Department, Civil Secretariat, Srinagar/Jammu. 2. The Deputy Commissioner, Doda, District Doda, Jammu and Kashmir. 3. The Superintendent of Police, Doda District Police HQ, Doda, Jammu and Kashmir. 4. Superintendent of Jail, Bhaderwah, District Doda. 5. The Station House Officer (SHO) Police Station Assar, District Doda. .…. Respondent(s) Through: Mr. Adarsh Bhagat, GA. CORAM: HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE M A CHOWDHARY, JUDGE ORDER (23.07.2026) 1. Through the medium of this petition, the petitioner seeks quashing of detention Order No. PSA 04 of 2025 dated 19.07.2025 passed by respondent No. 2, whereby the petitioner was detained and lodged in District Jail, Bhaderwah, in terms of Section 8 of the J&K Public Safety Act, 1978 to prevent him from indulging in the activities prejudicial to the ‘maintenance of the public order’. 2. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the impugned detention order had been executed on 19.07.2025. Regular Cause List Serial No. 03 2 HCP No. 119/2025 3. The maximum period of detention being one year, the same has outlived its life, as such, the present petition has been rendered infructuous. The petitioner would have been released from custody. 4. Viewed thus, the present petition is disposed of as having been rendered infructuous. (M A CHOWDHARY) JUDGE JAMMU 23.07.2026 Shivalee Shivalee Khajuria 2026.07.23 13:43 I attest to the accuracy and integrity of this document