Serial No. 24 Regular Cause List HIGH COURT OF JAMMU & KASHMIR AND LADAKH AT SRINAGAR HCP 34/2025 Showkat Ahmad Yatoo ...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”/216/2024 dated 09.12.2024 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 09.12.2024, executed on 21.12.2024, 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 connected application(s). (M. A. CHOWDHARY) JUDGE SRINAGAR April 9th, 2026 “Shoaib javid”