SCR.A/2212/2026

NEUTRAL CITATION R/SCR.A/2212/2026 JUDGMENT DATED: 05/03/2026 2026:GUJHC:16559-DB IN THE HIGH COURT OF GUJARAT AT AHMEDABAD R/SPECIAL CRIMINAL APPLICATION NO. 2212 of 2026 ========================================================== AKASH S/O PAPPUBHAI RAJBHAR THRO SANTARA DEVI PAPPUBHAI RAI Versus STATE OF GUJARAT & ORS. ========================================================== Appearance: MR MATAFER R PANDE(3952) for the Applicant(s) No. 1 MS. DIVYANGNA JHALA, ADDL. PUBLIC PROSECUTOR 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 Akash Pappubhai Rajbhar came to be preventively detained vide the detention order dated 29.01.2026 passed by the Commissioner of Police, 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 mother namely Santara Devi Pappubhai Rai, the detenue has challenged the legality and validity o