RUPESH LAXMAN GAIKWAD vs COMMISSIONER OF POLICE AND ORS

bipin prithiani/dtg 79-wp-3107.25-Judgment.doc IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY CRIMINAL APPELLATE JURISDICTION CRIMINAL WRIT PETITION NO. 3107 OF 2025 Rupesh Laxman Gaikwad R/o. In-front of T.M.C. School No. 55, Azad Nagar, Thane, Dist. Thane (At present Nashik Road Central Prison, Nashik) … Petitioner V/s. 1) Commissioner of Police, Thane. 2) The State of Maharashtra (Through the Secretary Home Department (Spl) Mantralaya, Mumbai. 3) The Superintendent, Nashik Central Prison, Nashik. … Respondents ______________________ Ms. Jayshree Tripathi a/w Ms. Anjali Raut for Petitioner. Smt. Madhavi H. Mhatre, A.P.P. for Respondent-State. ______________________ CORAM : A. S. GADKARI AND RANJITSINHA RAJA BHONSALE, JJ. DATE : 22nd SEPTEMBER 2025 JUDGMENT (Per : A.S. Gadkari, J.) :- 1) Petitioner, detenue, has invoked jurisdiction of this Court under Article 226 of the Constitution of India, impugning the Detention Order dated 15th April 2024, bearing No.TC/PD/DO/MPDA/09/2024 passed by Respondent No.1 under Section 3(2) of the Maharashtra Prevention of 1/7 bipin prithiani/dtg 79-wp-3107.25-Judgment.doc Dangerous Activities of Slumlords, Bootleggers, Drug-Offenders, Dangerous Persons,