VIKRAM @ BALA SHAHAJI SONAVANE vs COMMISSIONER OF POLICE AND ORS

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1 / 12 4-WP-ST-19959-24.doc IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY CRIMINAL APPELLATE JURISDICTION CRIMINAL WRIT PETITION (ST) NO.19959 OF 2024 Vikram @ Bala Shahaji Sonavane .... Petitioner. versus Commissioner of Police and Ors. .... Respondents.  Jayshree Tripathi a/w. Anjali Raut for the Petitioner.  Smt. M. M. Deshmukh, APP for the State/Respondent.  Mr. S. S. Patil, PSI Vartaknagar. CORAM : SARANG V. KOTWAL & S. M. MODAK, JJ. DATE : 7th FEBRUARY, 2025 ORAL JUDGMENT: (Per Sarang V. Kotwal, J.) 1. The Petitioner has challenged the order dated 18/7/2024 passed by the Respondent No.1-The Commissioner of Police, Thane. By a separate order of committal of the same date, the Petitioner was directed to be detained in Nashik Road Central Prison, Nashik. The Petitioner was detained pursuant to the provisions 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. According to the rsk 2 / 12 4-WP-ST-19959-24.doc detaining Authority he was a dangerous person within the meaning of the said Act. 2. Along with the detention order, the Petitioner was served with the grounds for detention dated 18/7/2024. In the initial paragraphs, in the grounds i.e. upto paragraph No.3, the past history of the Petitioner was mentioned. There is reference to 6 registered offences at Vartak Nagar Police Station between January 2019 to May 2024. There were two instances where preventive measures were taken against him. First one was an externment order passed in the year 2021 and the other was proceedings under Section 110(e) (g) of Cr. P. C. However it was clarified in paragraph 3 itself that this past history was mentioned only