VIKAS @ PAPYA ASHOK SHINDE vs COMMISSIONER OF POLICE AND ANR

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Sagar WP 4097 of 2025 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY CRIMINAL APPELLATE JURISDICTION CRIMINAL WRIT PETITION NO. 4097 OF 2025 Vikas @Papya Ashok Shinde Age: 27 years, Occ:- Employed R/at: Near MIDC Water Tank Road, Beside Ration Store, Hanuman Nagar, Ulhasnagar – 2 At present detained in Yerawada Jail, Pune … Petitioner V/s. 1. Commissioner of Police, Thane. 2. State of Maharashtra (Through Government of Maharashtra) Home Department (Special), Mantralaya, Mumbai … Respondents ______________________ Mr Satyavrat Joshi a/w Mr. Priyesh More, Advocate for the Petitioner. Mr. Ajay Patil, A.P.P. for the State. Mr. A. H. Bhilare, PSI a/w Ms. Nikita K. Bhoigad PSI, Crime Branch, Ulhasnagar Police Station. ______________________ CORAM : A. S. GADKARI AND RANJITSINHA RAJA BHONSALE, JJ. DATE : 15th DECEMBER, 2025. JUDGMENT [Per: RANJITSINHA RAJA BHONSALE, J] :- 1) By the present Petition under Article 226 of the Constitution of India, the Petitioner seeks to quash and set aside the Detention Order, bearing No. TC/PD/DO/MPDA/01/2025, dated 6th February, 2025 (the Detention 1/15 Sagar WP 4097 of 2025 Order), passed by the Respondent No. 1 i.e. Commissioner of Police, Thane issued under Section 3(2) 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 (MPDA Act) and the Order of Committal of even date, whereby the Petitioner is detained in the Yerwada Central Prison, Pune. 2) This Court by its Order dated 1 st August, 2025 was issued notice to the Respondents. The Respondents have filed their Affidavits in reply and opposed the grant of any relief in the petition. 3) Heard Mr. Satyavarat Joshi, learned Advocate