SCR.A/2174/2026

NEUTRAL CITATION R/SCR.A/2174/2026 JUDGMENT DATED: 05/03/2026 2026:GUJHC:16505-DB IN THE HIGH COURT OF GUJARAT AT AHMEDABAD R/SPECIAL CRIMINAL APPLICATION NO. 2174 of 2026 ========================================================== BHIMSING @ JITU FATESING RAVAT THROUGH KHUMANSINGH FATESING RAVAT Versus STATE OF GUJARAT & ORS. ========================================================== Appearance: O I PATHAN(7684) for the Applicant(s) No. 1 MS DIVYANGNA JHALA, APP for the Respondent(s) No. 1 ========================================================== CORAM:HONOURABLE MR.JUSTICE N.S.SANJAY GOWDA and HONOURABLE MR.JUSTICE D. M. VYAS Date : 05/03/2026 JUDGMENT (PER : HONOURABLE MR.JUSTICE D. M. VYAS) 1. The detenue herein namely Bhimsing @ Jitu Fatesing Ravat came to be preventively detained vide the detention order dated 07.02.2026 passed by the Police Commissioner, Vadodara 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 Act of 1985). 2. By way of this petition, the detenue has challenged the legality and validity of the aforesaid order through his brother. 3. This Court has heard learned c