Gujarat High Court: A Single Judge Bench comprising of S.H. Vora, J., allowed a petition against the detention orders passed under Gujarat Prevention of Anti Social Activities Act, 1985.
The petition was directed against order of detention passed by the respondent in exercise of powers conferred under Section 3(2) of the said Act by detaining the petitioner under Section 2 (c) of the same due to registration of offences under Sections 454, 457, 380 and 114 IPC that led to breach of public order.
The petitioner agreed that though it may be a breach of law and order but it failed to have any nexus with maintenance of public order as except statement of witnesses, registration of FIR/s and panchnama, there existed no other corroborating material on record which have had affected even the tempo of the society causing threat to the very existence of normal and routine life of people at large.
Referring to Pushker Mukherjee v. State of W.B., 1969 1 SCC 10, the Court concluded that every act of assault or injury to specific persons does not lead to public disorder and hence subjective satisfaction arrived at by the detaining authority cannot be said to be legal, valid and in accordance with law plus no other relevant penal provisions existed for invoking power under Section 3(2) of the Act. Accordingly, the Court passed release orders for the petitioner. [Vijay Rasikbhai Karsanbhai Thakor v. State of Gujarat,2017 SCC OnLine Guj 2229, order dated 06-09-2017]
