SCR.A/2247/2026

NEUTRAL CITATION R/SCR.A/2247/2026 JUDGMENT DATED: 06/03/2026 2026:GUJHC:16956-DB IN THE HIGH COURT OF GUJARAT AT AHMEDABAD R/SPECIAL CRIMINAL APPLICATION NO. 2247 of 2026 ========================================================== BECHARBHAI S/O NANUBHAI @ NUNUBHAI KARAMTIYA (RABARI) THROUGH SABAD KAMLESHBHAI DANABHAI Versus STATE OF GUJARAT & ORS. ========================================================== Appearance: BHARATKUMAR A DESAI(8513) for the Applicant(s) No. 1 MS MONALI BHATT, APP for the Respondent(s) No. 1 ========================================================== CORAM:HONOURABLE MR.JUSTICE N.S.SANJAY GOWDA and HONOURABLE MR.JUSTICE D. M. VYAS Date : 06/03/2026 ORAL JUDGMENT (PER : HONOURABLE MR.JUSTICE D. M. VYAS) 1. The detenue herein namely Becharbhai S/o Nanubhai@Nunubhai Karamtiya (Rabari) came to be preventively detained vide the detention order dated 06/02/2026 passed by the Police Commissioner, Surat, 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 through his cousin, the detenue has challenged the legality and validity of the afor