SCR.A/1980/2026

NEUTRAL CITATION R/SCR.A/1980/2026 JUDGMENT DATED: 19/02/2026 2026:GUJHC:13461-DB IN THE HIGH COURT OF GUJARAT AT AHMEDABAD R/SPECIAL CRIMINAL APPLICATION NO. 1980 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 ========================================================== VIKRAMBHAI MAFABHAI BIJALBHAI ODE Versus STATE OF GUJARAT & ORS. ========================================================== Appearance: MR BS KHATANA(3671) for the Applicant(s) No. 1 MS MONALI H BHATT, APP 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 detenue herein namely Vikrambhai Mafabhai Bijalbhai Ode came to be preventively detained vide the detention order dated 02.02.2026 passed by the Police Commissioner, Ahmedabad City, as a bootlegger as defined under Section 2(b) of the Gujarat Prevention of Anti- social Activities Act, 1985 (herein after referred as ‘the