Police diary with no specific acts cannot be ground to detain a person: Jammu and Kashmir High Court quashes PSA 

Quashing a Public Safety Act (PSA) against a local from Jammu’s Kishtwar, the Jammu and Kashmir (J&K) High Court on Thursday (September 11, 2025) observed that “merely recording Daily Diary Reports (DDRs) by the police alleging no specific acts cannot be the ground to detain a person”.

“So far as DDR entries recorded against the petitioner are concerned, a perusal of the grounds of detention would show that those have not culminated in any criminal cases and merely recording DDRs alleging no specific acts cannot be the ground to detain a person,” Justice M.A. Chowdhary observed.