JUDGMENT

S. RATNAVEL PANDIAN, J.:- This writ petition under Art. 32 of the Constitution of India has been filed by the petitioner/detenu challenging the validity of the order of detention dated 3-1-1989 made by the detaining authority, namely, the Commissioner of Police, Ahmedabad city in exercise of the powers conferred on him under sub-section (1) of Section 3 of the Gujarat Prevention of Anti-social Activities Act, 1985 (hereinafter referred to as the Act) with a view to preventing him from acting in any manner prejudicial to the maintenance of public order in the area of Ahmedabad city. The detaining authority further directed the petitioner/detenu to be detained in Sabarmati Central Jail in pursuance of the said detention order. The detenu has been furnished with copies of the grounds of detention and all the other materials inclusive of the statements of the witnesses on the basis of which the subjective satisfaction for passing this impugned order has been reached by the detaining authority. The pith and substance of the alleged antisocial activities of the detenu as mentioned in the grounds of detention are that the detenu as a bootleggar was engaged in unlawfully storing an