SCR.A/464/2026

NEUTRAL CITATION R/SCR.A/464/2026 JUDGMENT DATED: 09/02/2026 2026:GUJHC:9696-DB IN THE HIGH COURT OF GUJARAT AT AHMEDABAD R/SPECIAL CRIMINAL APPLICATION NO. 464 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 ========================================================== ANILBHAI JETHABHAI PANGAD THRO KETANBHAI JETHABHAI PANGAD Versus STATE OF GUJARAT & ORS. ========================================================== Appearance: MS GAYATRIBA B JADEJA(5152) 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 : 09/02/2026 ORAL JUDGMENT (PER : HONOURABLE MR.JUSTICE D. M. VYAS) 1. The detenue herein namely Anilbhai Jethabhai Pangad came to be preventively detained vide the detention order dated 31/12/2025 passed by the District Magistrate, Bhavnagar, as a bootlegger as defined under Section 2(b) of the Gujarat Prevention of Anti-social Activities Act, 1985 (herein after ref