SCR.A/16682/2024

NEUTRAL CITATION R/SCR.A/16682/2024 JUDGMENT DATED: 07/01/2025 2025:GUJHC:1289-DB IN THE HIGH COURT OF GUJARAT AT AHMEDABAD R/SPECIAL CRIMINAL APPLICATION NO. 16682 of 2024 FOR APPROVAL AND SIGNATURE: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE ILESH J. VORA and HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE HEMANT M. PRACHCHHAK ================================================================ Approved for Reporting Yes No ================================================================ HARDIK DHANSUKHBHAI KOLI PATEL THRO NEHA D/O SURESHBHAI PATEL Versus STATE OF GUJARAT & ORS. ================================================================ Appearance: MR MR PRAJAPATI(1532) for the Applicant(s) No. 1 MR JAY MEHTA, ADDL. PUBLIC PROSECUTOR for the Respondent(s) No. 1 ================================================================ CORAM:HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE ILESH J. VORA and HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE HEMANT M. PRACHCHHAK Date : 07/01/2025 ORAL JUDGMENT (PER : HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE HEMANT M. PRACHCHHAK) 1. The petitioner herein namely Hardik Dhansukhbhai Koli Patel came to be preventively detained vide the detention order dated 02.09.2024 passed by the District Magistrate, Valsad, as a bootlegger as defined under Section 2(b) of