Prashant @ Ronikbana Govindrao ... vs Commissioner Of Police
2023 Latest Caselaw 213 Guj

     C/SCA/26276/2022                         FARAD DATED: 09/01/2023




           IN THE HIGH COURT OF GUJARAT AT AHMEDABAD
            R/SPECIAL CIVIL APPLICATION NO. 26276 of 2022
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PRASHANT @ RONIKBANA GOVINDRAO MADHAVRAO FULARE THROUGH KAVERIBEN GOVINDRAO FAULARE Versus COMMISSIONER OF POLICE ========================================================== Appearance:

MS VAIBHAVI D RAVAL FOR MR HEMANT B RAVAL(3491) for the

========================================================== CORAM:HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE VIPUL M. PANCHOLI and HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE HEMANT M. PRACHCHHAK Date : 09/01/2023 FARAD (PER : HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE HEMANT M. PRACHCHHAK) For the reasons stated in the oral judgment dictated today, the Hon'ble Court has passed the following order:-

"7. In view of above, we are inclined to allow the petition, because simplicitor registration of FIR/s by itself cannot have any nexus with the breach of maintenance of public order and the authority cannot have recourse under the Act and no other relevant and cogent material exists for invoking power under section 3(2) of the Act. In the result, the present petition is hereby allowed and the impugned order of detention dated 18.11.2022 passed by the respondent - detaining authority is hereby quashed and set aside. The detenue is ordered to be set at liberty forthwith if not required in any other case.

8. Rule is made absolute accordingly. Direct service is permitted.

9. Registry is directed to send the copy of the order to concerned jail authority through email/fax forthwith."

SURESH SOLANKI PPS/PS