HITESH GOPAL MORE vs THE DISTRICT MAGISTRATE AND ORS

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KSG 68-WP-4625-2025.A.doc IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY CRIMINAL APPELLATE JURISDICTION WRIT PETITION NO. 4625 OF 2025 Hitesh Gopal More Age 37 Yrs, Occ Business R/At : Park City, Silvassa, Dadra & Nagar Haveli, (Presently At Sub-Jail, Silvassa) … Petitioner V/s. 1) The District Magistrate, Dadra & Nagar Haveli Office of the Collector, Silvassa. 2) The Union Territory of Dadra & Nagar Haveli and Daman & Diu, Thorugh its Administrator, Secretariat, Silvassa. 3) State of Maharashtra, Mantralaya, Mumbai … Respondents _______________________________________ Mr. Abhishek Karnik a/w Mr. Uttam Dubey i/b Law Counsellors for the Petitioner. Mr. Ashwin Thool a/w Adv. Archishmati Chandramore for the Respondent Nos.1 and 2. Ms. M.M. Deshmukh, Acting.P.P. for Respondent-State. _______________________________________ CORAM : A. S. GADKARI AND RANJITSINHA RAJA BHONSALE, JJ. DATE : 15th DECEMBER, 2025 ORAL JUDGMENT (Per : A.S. Gadkari, J.) :- 1) Petitioner, detenue has invoked jurisdiction of this Court under Article 226 of the Constitution of India, impugning Detention Order dated 28 th 1/4 KSG 68-WP-4625-2025.A.doc July 2025, bearing No.ADM/Coll./CC/PASA/2025/35, passed by Respondent No.1 i.e. District Magistrate, Dadra & Nagar Haveli, under Section 3(2) of the Gujarat Prevention of Anti-Social Activities Act, 1985, as extended to the Union Territory of Dadra & Nagar Haveli vide Notification No.LAW/U.T. Merge (4)/Adapt. StateLaw/2022/48 Dated 30th March, 2022 read along with the Order of Department of Home Affairs vide Order No.ADM/DNH/DS (H)/PASA /2019/197, dated 6th February, 2019, directing preventive detention of the Petitioner at Sub-Jail, Silvassa, Dadra & Nagar Haveli. 2) Heard Mr. Karnik, learned Advocate for the Petitioner, Mr. Thool, learned Advocate for the Res