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JAMMU: Delivering a major relief to Jammu & Kashmir Cabinet Minister, the High Court of J&K and Ladakh at Jammu has stayed the operation of an order passed by the Special Excise Mobile Magistrate, Jammu, which had directed the SHO Police Station Khour to proceed against him in a complaint alleging involvement in drug-related intimidation.

Justice Rajesh Sekhri, while issuing notice to the complainant Suresh Sharma, observed that the matter involved serious questions of law and civil consequences, and therefore required judicial indulgence. “Prima facie, a case for interference is made out,” the Court observed while granting interim relief. The respondent has been asked to file a reply within four weeks, and the case is now listed for December 3, 2025.

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