Ishfaq Ahmad Wani, a resident of Srigufwara, Anantnag, filed a habeas corpus petition under Article 226 of the Constitution challenging his preventive detention order dated 29.04.2025 passed by the District Magistrate, Anantnag under the Jammu and Kashmir Public Safety Act, 1978. The petitioner argued that the detention order was based on stale material (primarily FIR No. 60/2016 in which he had already been granted bail), that the grounds of detention were substantially a reproduction of the police dossier indicating non-application of mind, and that the grounds were vague and did not enable him to make an effective representation. The Jammu & Kashmir High Court, Srinagar Bench, found merit in these contentions, holding that the detaining authority had failed to meaningfully consider the grant of bail in the underlying criminal case, had merely reproduced the police dossier without independent evaluation, and had relied on broad, unparticularised labels such as 'OGW of LeT' without disclosing concrete proximate facts. The Court held that these deficiencies amounted to non-application of mind and violated the constitutional safeguards under Articles 21 and 22(5) as well as Section 13 of the J&K Public Safety Act, 1978, rendering the detention order unsustainable.