By Umer Maqbool
Srinagar: Chief judicial magistrate (CJM) of Kishtwar came down heavily on J&K police for “circumventing” a bail order and detaining an individual under the Public Safety Act (PSA). Calling it an “interference” in the administration of justice, and “lowering down” the image of judiciary in the estimation of common men, Judge Mahmud Anwar Alnasir asked whether “should we bow down to the police state and their choices or do we want to be ruled as per the law and the procedure laid down?”
The J&K police has been administered by the Union home ministry since the reading down of Article 370 and the bifurcation of the state into two Union territories in 2019.
In July this year, the J&K police arrested four persons – Sher Muhammad, Saleem Parvaiz, Musavir Ahmed and Arfan Hussain – all residents of Lower Pochal of Kishtwar district, on charges of slaughtering a bovine animal.
In his report submitted on July 7, the district’s chief animal husbandry officer submitted that the bovine animal’s gender could not be determined due to non-availability of the whole carcass.
On July 18, the CJM granted interim bail to the accused who were represented by their counsels Shaik Saroori and Sheikh Tabish.
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