A.M. Dhavale, J.

1. This is a petition filed under Articles 14, 19, 21, 22 and 226 of the Constitution of India and under the provisions of the Maharashtra Prevention of Dangerous Activities of Slumlords, Bootleggers, Drug Offenders, Dangerous Persons, Video Pirates, Sand Smugglers and Persons engaged in Black marketing of Essential Commodities Act, 1981 (hereinafter referred to as “MPDA Act”) for issuance of writ of habeus corpus and thereby quashing the order of preventive detention passed against the petitioner by Commissioner of Police, Pune, on 08.02.2017.

2. The Commissioner of Police, Pune, on 08.02.2017, in exercise of powers conferred by section 3(2) of the MPDA Act and delegated to her by the Government, passed the impugned order of detention of the petitioner and on the same day separate order for committal of the petitioner to the Central Prison at Aurangabad was also passed. The grounds of detention dated 08.02.2017 were annexed and supplied to the petitioner on 11.02.2017. In short, the petitioner was indulging in dangerous activities like terrorizing the