SCR.A/1253/2026

NEUTRAL CITATION R/SCR.A/1253/2026 JUDGMENT DATED: 18/02/2026 2026:GUJHC:13179-DB IN THE HIGH COURT OF GUJARAT AT AHMEDABAD R/SPECIAL CRIMINAL APPLICATION NO. 1253 of 2026 FOR APPROVAL AND SIGNATURE: HONOURABLE MR.JUSTICE N.S.SANJAY GOWDA and HONOURABLE MR.JUSTICE D. M. VYAS ========================================================== Approved for Reporting Yes No ========================================================== MR. PANKAJKUMAR S/O BHAVESHBHAI DODIYA THROUGH MR. VISHAL BHAVESHBHAI DODIYA Versus STATE OF GUJARAT & ORS. ========================================================== Appearance: MR DIPESH D SONI(9996) for the Applicant(s) No. 1 MR CHINTAN DAVE, APP for the Respondent(s) No. 1 ========================================================== CORAM:HONOURABLE MR.JUSTICE N.S.SANJAY GOWDA and HONOURABLE MR.JUSTICE D. M. VYAS Date : 18/02/2026 ORAL JUDGMENT (PER : HONOURABLE MR.JUSTICE D. M. VYAS) 1. The detenue herein namely Pankajkumar S/O Bhaveshbhai Dodiya came to be preventively detained vide the detention order dated 13.01.2026 passed by the Police Commissioner, Surat City, as a bootlegger as defined under Section 2(b) of the Gujarat Prevention of Anti-social Activities