SCR.A/466/2026

NEUTRAL CITATION R/SCR.A/466/2026 JUDGMENT DATED: 09/02/2026 2026:GUJHC:10005-DB IN THE HIGH COURT OF GUJARAT AT AHMEDABAD R/SPECIAL CRIMINAL APPLICATION NO. 466 of 2026 FOR APPROVAL AND SIGNATURE: HONOURABLE MR.JUSTICE N.S.SANJAY GOWDA Sd/- and HONOURABLE MR.JUSTICE D. M. VYAS Sd/- ================================================== Approved for Reporting Yes No ✔ ================================================== PRITHVI @ LALO NARESHBHAI MEHTA Versus STATE OF GUJARAT & ORS. ================================================== Appearance: MS. ALKA B VANIYA(6945) 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 Prithvi @ Lalo Nareshbhai Mehta, came to be preventively detained vide detention order dated 16.12.2025 passed by the Police Commissioner, Ahmedabad City, as a “dangerous person” as defined under Section 2(c) of the Gujarat Prevention of Anti-social Activities Act, 1985 (herein after referred as ‘the Act of 1985). Up