SCR.A/2221/2026

NEUTRAL CITATION R/SCR.A/2221/2026 JUDGMENT DATED: 05/03/2026 2026:GUJHC:16558-DB IN THE HIGH COURT OF GUJARAT AT AHMEDABAD R/SPECIAL CRIMINAL APPLICATION NO. 2221 of 2026 ========================================================== ANKUSH S/O. DINESH SHUKLA THRO SHUKLA DINESH S/O. GIRISHCHANDRA Versus STATE OF GUJARAT & ORS. ========================================================== Appearance: MR ARJUNSINGH B CHAUHAN(11510) 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 Ankush Dinesh Shukla came to be preventively detained vide the detention order dated 05.02.2026 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 friend namely Shukla Dinesh Girishchandra, the detenue has challenged the legality and va