J&K journalist Majid Hyderi booked under PSA

State: Jammu and Kashmir

Year: 2023

Date: September 14, 2023

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Arrests – Journalists

Srinagar, Sep 18 (PTI) Journalist and political commentator Majid Hyderi who was arrested last week by Jammu and Kashmir Police on charges of criminal conspiracy and extortion has been booked under the stringent Public Safety Act (PSA), officials said on Monday. Hyderi has been booked under the PSA and lodged at the Kot Balwal jail in Jammu region of the Union Territory, they said. Hyderi, a resident of the city’s Peerbagh area, was arrested late Thursday night after police lodged a case against him following orders from a court.

“FIR number 88/2023 under sections 120B, 177, 386 and 500 of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) was registered at the Sadder police station on the basis of an order issued by the JMIC court in Srinagar,” police said on X on Friday. He was arrested allegedly for criminal conspiracy, intimidation, extortion, giving false information, defamation etc, police added. The journalist and political commentator who was regular on television news channels got bail on Saturday, but was immediately rearrested in some other case.

Arrests

Updated On: February 19, 2025

J&K HC quashes Kashmir journalist Majid Hyderi’s detention

The J&K High Court on Wednesday quashed the detention of Majid Hyderi, an independent journalist and television debater, after over 17 months of jail under the preventive detention law, Public Safety Act (PSA).

Justice V.K. Chatterjee quashed the order after hearing the plea, said advocate Mohammad Yousuf Bhat, who represented Mr. Hyderi. Mr. Hyderi was arrested on September 14, 2023, in Srinagar and was subsequently booked under the PSA. He was shifted around 300 km away from Srinagar and lodged at the Kot Bhalwal Jail in the Jammu region.

Before being slapped with the PSA – a law that allows detention for two years without a trial – Mr. Hyderi faced charges of “criminal conspiracy, extortion, spreading false information, and defamation”. A local journalist had filed a complaint against Mr. Hyderi over his write-ups.

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