JUDGMENT

V.K.JADHAV,J. - Heard.

2. Rule. Rule made returnable forthwith. Heard finally with consent of parties, at admission stage.

3. By way of this criminal writ petition, the petitioner is challenging the order of detention dtd. 6/12/2020 passed by respondent no.1 under sec. 3(1) of the Maharashtra Prevention of Dangerous Activities of Slumlords, Bootleggers, Drug-offenders, Dangerous Persons and Video Pirates Act, 1981 (for short herein after referred to as the MPDA Act). Said order of detention against the petitioner was confirmed by the Advisory Board, Mumbai as well as by the Government of Maharashtra by order dtd. 21/1/2021.

4. Being aggrieved and dissatisfied with the said order of detention, the petitioner/detenu invokes writ jurisdiction of this Court on the ground that said order has violated the fundamental rights of the detenu.

5. In pursuance of the provisions of sec. 8 of the MPDA Act, respondent no.1 has communicated the grounds on which the detention order has been passed under sub-sec. (2) of sec. 3 of the MPDA Act. Respondent no.1 has mainly considered the following grounds to pass the impugned detention order against the petitioner.

i] The petitioner is a "dange