SCR.A/914/2026

NEUTRAL CITATION R/SCR.A/914/2026 JUDGMENT DATED: 16/02/2026 2026:GUJHC:12351-DB IN THE HIGH COURT OF GUJARAT AT AHMEDABAD R/SPECIAL CRIMINAL APPLICATION NO. 914 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 ========================================================== MANVARSINH S/O ARJANSINH CHAUHAN THROUGH INDUBHA VINUBHA RATHOD Versus STATE OF GUJARAT & ORS. ========================================================== Appearance: KARAN Y VYAS(8539) for the Applicant(s) No. 1 MS KRINA CALLA, APP for the Respondent(s) No. 1 ========================================================== CORAM:HONOURABLE MR.JUSTICE N.S.SANJAY GOWDA and HONOURABLE MR.JUSTICE D. M. VYAS Date : 16/02/2026 ORAL JUDGMENT (PER : HONOURABLE MR.JUSTICE D. M. VYAS) 1. The detenue herein namely Manvarsinh S/o Arjansinh Chauhan came to be preventively detained vide the detention order dated 15/01/2026 passed by the District Magistrate, Vav-Tharad, as a bootlegger as defined under Section 2(b) of the Gujarat Prevention of Anti-social Activities Act, 1985 (herein afte