Acts committed as juvenile cannot justify preventive detention after attaining majority: J&K High Court
The Jammu and Kashmir High Court has quashed a preventive detention order against a man, ruling that acts committed while he was a juvenile cannot serve as the legal basis for detention after he reaches adulthood. The court emphasized that past juvenile offenses should not stigmatize an individual's future.
Observing that the acts allegedly committed by a person while he was a juvenile cannot subsequently be invoked as the foundation for preventive detention under the Jammu and Kashmir Public Safety Act (PSA) after he attains majority, the High Court of Jammu& Kashmir and Ladakh on July 17, 2026, has quashed a detention order.
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