IN THE HIGH COURT OF GUJARAT AT AHMEDABAD R/SPECIAL CRIMINAL APPLICATION NO. 5837 of 2026 ==========================================================

BHAVESHBHAI SHANKARLAL DANGI THRO SHANKARLAL SAVA DANGI Versus COMMISSIONER OF POLICE & ORS.

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Appearance:

MR SANJAY PRAJAPATI(3227) for the Applicant(s) No. 1 MR JAY MEHTA APP for the Respondent(s) No. 2 ==========================================================

CORAM:HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE ILESH J. VORA and HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE R. T. VACHHANI Date : 04/05/2026

ORAL ORDER

(PER : HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE R. T. VACHHANI)

1. The petitioner herein came to be preventively detained vide the detention order dated 13.04.2026 passed by the respondent authority, as a bootlegger as defined under Section 2(b) of the Gujarat Prevention of Anti-social Activities Act, 1985 (herein after referred as ‘the Act of 1985).

2. By way of this petition, the petitioner has challenged the legality and validity of the aforesaid order.

3. This Court has heard learned advocates for the respective parties.

4. Learned advocate for the detenue submits that the grounds of detention has no nexus to the “public order”, bu