judgement
Subject : - Preventive Detention
In a significant ruling, the High Court has quashed the preventive detention order issued against
The petitioner's counsel argued that the grounds of detention had no nexus to 'public order', but were merely a matter of law and order. They contended that the registration of the offences against the detainee did not adversely affect or were likely to affect the maintenance of public order, as contemplated under the Gujarat Prevention of Anti-social Activities Act, 1985.
The state, on the other hand, argued that the detainee was a habitual offender, and his activities had affected the society at large. The detaining authority, considering the detainee's antecedents and past activities, had passed the order to prevent him from acting in a manner prejudicial to the maintenance of public order.
The court, after carefully considering the facts and submissions, held that the offences alleged against the detainee did not have any bearing on the maintenance of public order. The court relied on the Supreme Court's decision in Piyush Kantilal Mehta v. Commissioner of Police, Ahmedabad , which established the distinction between 'law and order' and 'public order'.
The court observed that the incidents of beating by the detainee, as alleged by the witnesses, did not have any impact on the even tempo of the life of the community. The court further noted that the detainee may be punished for the alleged offences, but the acts constituting the offences could not be said to have affected the maintenance of public order.
The High Court, in its judgment, quashed the preventive detention order, finding that the material on record was not sufficient to hold that the detainee's alleged activities had either affected adversely or were likely to affect adversely the maintenance of public order. The court directed the detainee to be set at liberty forthwith, if he was not required in any other case.
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