SCR.A/1397/2026

NEUTRAL CITATION R/SCR.A/1397/2026 JUDGMENT DATED: 19/02/2026 2026:GUJHC:13521-DB IN THE HIGH COURT OF GUJARAT AT AHMEDABAD R/SPECIAL CRIMINAL APPLICATION NO. 1397 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 ============================================= MOHAMMAD SADDAM MOHAMMADAASIF KURESHI Versus STATE OF GUJARAT & ORS. ============================================= Appearance: UBAID SHAUKATALI ZEENA(8868) for the Applicant(s) No. 1 MS. MONALI BHATT, ADDL. PUBLIC PROSECUTOR for the Respondent(s) No. 1 ============================================= CORAM:HONOURABLE MR.JUSTICE N.S.SANJAY GOWDA and HONOURABLE MR.JUSTICE D. M. VYAS Date : 19/02/2026 ORAL JUDGMENT (PER : HONOURABLE MR.JUSTICE D. M. VYAS) 1. The petitioner herein namely Mohammad Saddam Mohammadaasif Kureshi came to be preventively detained vide the detention order dated 23.01.2026 passed by the Commissioner of Police, Ahmedabad, as a “cruel person” as defined under section 2(bbb) of the gujarat prevention of anti-social activities act, 1985 (herein after referred as ‘the act of 19