Jammu and Kashmir High Court
HCP/165/2025 of ARBAZ IRSHAD SHEIKH Vs UNION TERRITORY OF J AND K AND ORS. (HOME) on 14 July 2026
165/2025 Page 1 of 2 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JAMMU & KASHMIR AND LADAKH AT SRINAGAR HCP No. 165/2025 Pronounced on: 14.07.2026 Arbaz Irshad Sheikh …Petitioner(s) Through: Mr. Nisar Ahmad Bhat, Advocate Vs. Union Territory of J&K and Ors. ...Respondent(s) Through: Mr. Mohsin Qadri, Sr.
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JAMMU & KASHMIR AND LADAKH
AT SRINAGAR
HCP No. 165/2025
Pronounced on: 14.07.2026
Arbaz Irshad Sheikh
…Petitioner(s)
Through:
Mr. Nisar Ahmad Bhat, Advocate
Vs.
Union Territory of J&K and Ors.
...Respondent(s)
Through:
Mr. Mohsin Qadri, Sr. AAG with
Ms. Maha Majeed, Assisting Counsel
CORAM:
HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE RAHUL BHARTI, JUDGE
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JUDGMENT
1. The petitioner-Arbaz Irshad Sheikh, through his mother namely Mst. Latifa Irshad, is beseeching this court to restore personal liberty of the petitioner, otherwise suffering curtailment because of his preventive detention custody ordered by respondent No.2- the Divisional Commissioner, Kashmir under the Prevention of Illicit Traffic in Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (PIT NDPS) Act, 1988, which resulted in arrest and detention of the petitioner taking place on 26.04.2025.
2. By the said timeline, the present writ petition has been rendered infructuous as the petitioner has served his full detention period, therefore, the petition is dismissed as having been rendered infructuous.
3. It is, however, directed that if the petitioner has not already been released from preventive detention pursuant to the expiry of the detention period, he shall be released forthwith provided he is not required in connection with any other criminal case or under any other valid order of detention.
(RAHUL BHARTI)
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