SCR.A/1846/2025

NEUTRAL CITATION R/SCR.A/1846/2025 JUDGMENT DATED: 14/02/2025 2025:GUJHC:10136-DB IN THE HIGH COURT OF GUJARAT AT AHMEDABAD R/SPECIAL CRIMINAL APPLICATION NO. 1846 of 2025 FOR APPROVAL AND SIGNATURE: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE ILESH J. VORA and HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE HEMANT M. PRACHCHHAK ================================================================ Approved for Reporting Yes No ================================================================ MEHUL NATVARBHAI KAHAR THRO RITU MEHUL KAHAR Versus STATE OF GUJARAT & ORS. ================================================================ Appearance: O I PATHAN(7684) for the Applicant(s) No. 1 MS DIVYANGANA JHALA, ADDL. PUBLIC PROSECUTOR for the Respondent(s) No. 1 ================================================================ CORAM:HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE ILESH J. VORA and HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE HEMANT M. PRACHCHHAK Date : 14/02/2025 ORAL JUDGMENT (PER : HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE HEMANT M. PRACHCHHAK) 1. The petitioner herein namely Mehul Natvarbhai Kahar came to be preventively detained vide the detention order dated 23.01.2025 passed by the District Magistrate, Vadodara, as a “bootlegger” as defined under Section 2(b) of the Gujarat Prevent