Harish Kumar alias Shally, a 42-year-old resident of Billawar, Kathua, challenged his preventive detention order dated 22.07.2025 passed by the District Magistrate, Kathua under the Public Safety Act, 1978, through a Habeas Corpus Petition before the Jammu & Kashmir High Court. The SSP, Kathua had recommended his detention describing him as a hardcore criminal and history-sheeter involved in multiple FIRs under the RPC, Arms Act, and BNS. The petitioner contended that the detention was illegal and arbitrary, that grounds were furnished in English which he did not understand, that he had been granted bail in all FIRs by competent courts, that there was no live link between old FIRs (2016–2017) and the detention order, and that the grounds were vague and violated Articles 21 and 22(5) of the Constitution of India. The petitioner further argued that the detention order did not specify the period of detention, was not properly served upon him, and had not been approved by the Advisory Board under the PSA. The judgment text provided does not record a final operative order, as the matter appears to have been reserved and the reasoning is still being set out.