SCR.A/2124/2026

NEUTRAL CITATION R/SCR.A/2124/2026 JUDGMENT DATED: 03/03/2026 2026:GUJHC:16230-DB IN THE HIGH COURT OF GUJARAT AT AHMEDABAD R/SPECIAL CRIMINAL APPLICATION NO. 2124 of 2026 ========================================================== SUKHLAL S/O MOHANLAL KUMAVAT THRO KUMAVAT SHIVALAL MATHURA Versus STATE OF GUJARAT & ORS. ========================================================== Appearance: MR ARJUNSINGH B CHAUHAN(11510) 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 : 03/03/2026 ORAL JUDGMENT (PER : HONOURABLE MR.JUSTICE D. M. VYAS) 1. The detenue herein namely Sukhlal S/o Mohanlal Kumavat came to be preventively detained vide the detention order dated 03/02/2026 passed by the Police Commissioner, Surat, as a money lending offender as defined under Section 2(ga) of the Gujarat Prevention of Anti- social Activities Act, 1985 (herein after referred as ‘the Act of 1985). 2. By way of this petition through his friend, the detenue has challenged the legality and validity of the aforesaid order. 3. This Court has hea