SANDESH ALIAS SHILVYA LAJRAS CHOPADE vs COMMISSIONER OF POLICE AND ORS

LSP 1 904wpst 21695.24.doc IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY CRIMINAL APPELLATE JURISDICTION Writ Petition (st) No. 21695 of 2024 Sandesh alias Shilvya Lajras Chopade R/o. Amardeep Colony, Jyotiba Nagar Kalewadi, Pune. … Petitioner V/s. Commissioner of Police, Pimpri Chinchwad 2. The State of Maharashtra (Through Addl. Chief Secretary to Government of Maharashtra) 3. The Superintendent Yerwada Central Prison, Pune. … Respondents. Ms. Jayshree Tripathi a/w. Anjali Raut for the petitioner. Mr. S.V. Gawand, APP for State. 2025. JUDGMENT (Per Sarang V. Kotwal, J): The petitioner has prayed for setting aside the detention order bearing No.PCB/DET/26/2024 dated 16 February 2024 issued under Section 3 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 (for short LSP 2 904wpst 21695.24.doc ‘M.P.D.A. Act’). The petitioner was detained by the order passed by the Commissioner of Police, Pimpri Chinchwad i.e. respondent No.1 on 16 February 2024. On the same day Committal order was passed directing the petitioner to be