The High Court of Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh has upheld the preventive detention of a Kupwara resident accused of uploading anti-national content on social media, observing that the material placed before the authorities justified action under the Public Safety Act (PSA).

The order, passed last week by Justice Sanjay Dhar, affirmed the February 2024 detention of Waseem Ahmad Dar, also known as Leepa, which was issued by the district magistrate of Kupwara.

The court noted that the administration relied on reports from multiple agencies, including videos and other content allegedly uploaded by Dar on Facebook, before concluding that his activities posed a security concern.

“It is a case where apprehension of the detaining authority with regard to the alleged activities of the petitioner

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