The respondent No. 2 – District Magistrate, Pulwama directed the preventive detention of the petitioner by passing an order No. 36/DMP/PSA/23 dated 23.06.2023 directing detention and detainment of the petitioner ... holding his alleged activities being prejudicial to the security of the State being amenable for preventive detention under section 8 of the Jammu & Kashmir Public Safety Act, 1978.