SCR.A/2266/2026

NEUTRAL CITATION R/SCR.A/2266/2026 JUDGMENT DATED: 06/03/2026 2026:GUJHC:16951-DB IN THE HIGH COURT OF GUJARAT AT AHMEDABAD R/SPECIAL CRIMINAL APPLICATION NO. 2266 of 2026 ========================================================== DHAVALBHAI RAMESHBHAI BATHVAR Versus STATE OF GUJARAT & ORS. ========================================================== Appearance: MS. ALKA B VANIYA(6945) for the Applicant(s) No. 1 MS MONALI BHATT, 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 : 06/03/2026 JUDGMENT (PER : HONOURABLE MR.JUSTICE D. M. VYAS) [1] The present petition is filed by Dhavalbhai Rameshbhai Bathvar (hereinafter referred to as “the detenue”) who came to be preventively detained vide the detention order dated 11.12.2025 passed by the Director General of Police, C.I.D Crime and Railways, Gandhinagar, as a Illicit Traffic as defined under Section 2(e) of The Prevention of Illicit Traffic In Narcotic Drugs And Psychotropic Substance Act, 1988 (hereinafter referred to as ‘the Act of 1988). [2] By way of this petition, the petitioner has