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J&K High Court quashes preventive detention of man booked for cattle smuggling

The State had claimed that there was a potential threat of communal disharmony in the area due to the detainee’s repeated involvement in bovine smuggling.

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26 Dec 2025, 10:10 am

The Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh High Court recently quashed a preventive detention order issued under the J&K Public Safety Act (PSA) against a man accused of involvement in cases of bovine smuggling [Yaqoob Hussain V/s UT of J&K]

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Animal cruelty

Preventive Detention

Justice Javed Iqbal Wani

High Court of Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh

cattle smuggling

Jammu & Kashmir Public Safety Act, 1978