SCR.A/2195/2026

NEUTRAL CITATION R/SCR.A/2195/2026 JUDGMENT DATED: 05/03/2026 2026:GUJHC:16541-DB IN THE HIGH COURT OF GUJARAT AT AHMEDABAD R/SPECIAL CRIMINAL APPLICATION NO. 2195 of 2026 ================================================== ARJUN @ AJAY S/O SHANTILAL RATHOD (BAVRI) Versus STATE OF GUJARAT & ORS. ================================================== Appearance: MR M M SHAIKIH(11314) for the Applicant(s) No. 1 MR UVESH M SHAIKH(11313) 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 Arjun @ Ajay S/o Shantilal Rathod (Bavri), came to be preventively detained vide detention order dated 19.01.2026 passed by the Police Commissioner, Surat 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). [2] By way of this petition through his wife, namely Rekhaben Arjunbhai Rathod, the detenue has challenged the legality and validity