Serial No. 21 Regular Cause List HIGH COURT OF JAMMU & KASHMIR AND LADAKH AT SRINAGAR HCP 24/2025 Nazir Ahmad Sheikh ...Appellant(s)/Petitioner(s) Through: - None. V/s Union Territory of J&K and Ors. … Respondent(s) Through:- Ms. Maha Majeed, Assisting Counsel vice Mr. Mohsin S. Qadri, Sr. AAG. CORAM: HON’BLE MR JUSTICE M. A. CHOWDHARY, JUDGE. (ORDER) 09.04.2026 Through the medium of this petition, the petitioner has challenged Order No. DIVCOM-“K”/28/2024 dated 09.01.2025 issued by Respondent No.2-Divsional Commissioner, Kashmir, whereby the petitioner has been ordered to be detained under Section (3) of the Prevention of Illicit Traffic in Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1988. Learned counsel for the respondents submits that the impugned order of detention dated 09.01.2025, executed on 14.01.2025, with the maximum period of one year has already outlived its life. In the above factual backdrop, this petition is disposed of, as having been rendered infructuous, along with the connected application(s). (M. A. CHOWDHARY) JUDGE SRINAGAR April 9th, 2026 “Shoaib javid”