JUDGMENT (ORAL)

A.J. Shastri, J.—Heard learned advocates appearing for the respective parties.

2. The present petition is directed against order of detention dated passed by the respondent - detaining authority in exercise of powers conferred under section 3(2) of the Gujarat Prevention of Anti Social Activities Act, 1985 (for short “the Act”) by detaining the petitioner - detenue as defined under section 2(b) of the Act.

2.1. The case of the petitioner is that on account of the complaints which are narrated in the impugned order, the petitioner has been detained vide order dated 16.07.2018. Therefore, considering the averments made in the petition, the Court on 25.07.2018 was pleased to admit the petition and thereafter it has been come up for final hearing before this Court wherein the learned advocate Mr. Kishan Daiya has appeared for the petitioner and learned AGP, Mr. Bhargav Pandya, has represented the respondent State.

3. Learned advocate for the detenue submits that the order of detention impugned in this petition deserves to be quashed and set aside on the ground of registration of solitary offence under Sections 65-E, 81, 98(2) and 99 of the Prohibition Act by itself cann