{"id":21988,"date":"2011-11-09T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2011-11-08T18:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/imtiyaz-vs-state-on-9-november-2011"},"modified":"2018-12-18T06:27:43","modified_gmt":"2018-12-18T00:57:43","slug":"imtiyaz-vs-state-on-9-november-2011","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/imtiyaz-vs-state-on-9-november-2011","title":{"rendered":"Imtiyaz vs State on 9 November, 2011"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"docsource_main\">Gujarat High Court<\/div>\n<div class=\"doc_title\">Imtiyaz vs State on 9 November, 2011<\/div>\n<div class=\"doc_author\">Author: J.C.Upadhyaya,<\/div>\n<pre>  \n Gujarat High Court Case Information System \n    \n  \n    \n\n \n \n    \t      \n         \n\t    \n\t\t   Print\n\t\t\t\t          \n\n  \n\n\n\t \n\t \n\t \n\t \n\t \n\t \n\t \n\t \n\t \n\t \n\t \n\t \n\t \n\t\n\n\n \n\n\n\t \n\nSCA\/9980\/2010\t 5\/ 5\tJUDGMENT \n \n \n\n\t\n\n \n\nIN\nTHE HIGH COURT OF GUJARAT AT AHMEDABAD\n \n\n \n\n\n \n\nSPECIAL\nCIVIL APPLICATION No. 9980 of 2010\n \n\n \n \nFor\nApproval and Signature:  \n \nHONOURABLE\nMR.JUSTICE J.C.UPADHYAYA\n \n \n=========================================================\n\n \n\t  \n\t \n\t  \n\t\t \n\t\t\t \n\n1\n\t\t\n\t\t \n\t\t\t \n\nWhether\n\t\t\tReporters of Local Papers may be allowed to see the judgment ?\n\t\t\n\t\n\n \n\t  \n\t \n\t  \n\t\t \n\t\t\t \n\n2\n\t\t\n\t\t \n\t\t\t \n\nTo be\n\t\t\treferred to the Reporter or not ?\n\t\t\n\t\n\n \n\t  \n\t \n\t  \n\t\t \n\t\t\t \n\n3\n\t\t\n\t\t \n\t\t\t \n\nWhether\n\t\t\ttheir Lordships wish to see the fair copy of the judgment ?\n\t\t\n\t\n\n \n\t  \n\t \n\t  \n\t\t \n\t\t\t \n\n4\n\t\t\n\t\t \n\t\t\t \n\nWhether\n\t\t\tthis case involves a substantial question of law as to the\n\t\t\tinterpretation of the constitution of India, 1950 or any order\n\t\t\tmade thereunder ?\n\t\t\n\t\n\n \n\t  \n\t \n\t  \n\t\t \n\t\t\t \n\n5\n\t\t\n\t\t \n\t\t\t \n\nWhether\n\t\t\tit is to be circulated to the civil judge ?\n\t\t\n\t\n\n \n\n=========================================================\n\n \n\nIMTIYAZ\nKASAMBHAI J MEMON - Petitioner(s)\n \n\nVersus\n \n\nSTATE\nOF GUJARAT &amp; 2 - Respondent(s)\n \n\n=========================================================\n \nAppearance\n: \nMR\nMM TIRMIZI for\nPetitioner(s) : 1, \nMR LB DABHI, AGP for Respondent(s) : 1, \nRULE\nSERVED BY DS for Respondent(s) : 2 -\n3. \n=========================================================\n\n\n \n\t  \n\t \n\t  \n\t\t \n\t\t\t \n\nCORAM\n\t\t\t: \n\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t \n\t\t\t \n\nHONOURABLE\n\t\t\tMR.JUSTICE J.C.UPADHYAYA\n\t\t\n\t\n\n \n\n \n \n\n\n \n\nDate\n: 21\/10\/2010 \n\n \n\n \n \nORAL\nJUDGMENT<\/pre>\n<p>The<br \/>\n\tpetitioner detenu filed the present petition under Article 226  of<br \/>\n\tthe Constitution of India, challenging his detention pursuant to the<br \/>\n\tdetention order dated 01\/07\/2010, which was executed on the same<br \/>\n\tday, passed by the respondent &#8211; Police Commissioner, Ahmedabad<br \/>\n\tCity, by exercising the powers conferred under sub-section (2) of<br \/>\n\tSecmtion 3 of the Gujarat Prevention of Anti Social Activities Act,<br \/>\n\t1985 (&#8220;PASA Act&#8221;, for short). The petitioner is  branded<br \/>\n\tas &#8220;bootlegger&#8221;.\n<\/p>\n<p>Heard<br \/>\n\tMr. MM Mansuri, Ld. Advocate for Mr MM Tirmizi, Ld. Advocate  for<br \/>\n\tthe petitioner and Mr. LB Dabhi, learned AGP for the respondents.\n<\/p>\n<p>The<br \/>\n\tpetitioner came to be detained as &#8220;bootlegger&#8221; on his<br \/>\n\tinvolvement in two offences arising under the Bombay Prohibition<br \/>\n\tAct.\n<\/p>\n<p>It<br \/>\n\thas been submitted by the learned Counsel for the petitioner that it<br \/>\n\tis a settled legal position that on registration of two offences, no<br \/>\n\torder of detention could have been passed, as petitioner &#8211;<br \/>\n\tdetenu cannot be branded as &#8220;bootlegger&#8221;. It has been<br \/>\n\tfurther submitted that the activities of the petitioner cannot be<br \/>\n\tsaid to be injurious to the public health or public order. It has<br \/>\n\tbeen further submitted by the learned Counsel for the petitioner<br \/>\n\tthat there is gross delay in passing the order of detention.\n<\/p>\n<p>Per<br \/>\n\tcontra, Mr. LB Dabhi, learned AGP representing the respondents<br \/>\n\tsupported the detention order dated 01\/07\/2010 passed by respondent\n<\/p>\n<p>\t&#8211; Commissioner of Police, Ahmedabad City and submitted that<br \/>\n\tbefore passing the detention order, the detention authorities took<br \/>\n\tinto consideration all the relevant papers and after subjective<br \/>\n\tsatisfaction, the detention order is passed and thus the detention<br \/>\n\torder is legal and proper and no interference in the said order is<br \/>\n\twarranted and consequently the petition deserves dismissal.\n<\/p>\n<p>I<br \/>\n\thave gone through the grounds of detention and considered the<br \/>\n\tsubmissions advanced on behalf of both the sides.\n<\/p>\n<p>The<br \/>\n\tCourt is of the opinion that there is much substance in the<br \/>\n\targuments advanced by learned Counsel for the petitioner. It is seen<br \/>\n\tfrom the grounds that a general statement has been made by the<br \/>\n\tdetaining authority that consuming liquor is injurious to health. In<br \/>\n\tfact, a perusal of the order passed by the detaining authority shows<br \/>\n\tthat the grounds which are mentioned in the order are in reference<br \/>\n\tto the situation of &#8220;law and order&#8221; and not &#8220;public<br \/>\n\torder&#8221;. Therefore, on this ground, the subjective satisfaction<br \/>\n\tof the detaining authority is vitiated on account of non-application<br \/>\n\tof mind and the impugned order, therefore, deserves to be quashed<br \/>\n\tand set aside.\n<\/p>\n<p>Except<br \/>\n\tthe general statement, there is no material on record which shows<br \/>\n\tthat the petitioner &#8211; detenu is carrying on illegal activities<br \/>\n\tof selling liquor or is engaged in such activity, which is harmful<br \/>\n\tto the health of the public. In the case of ASHOKBHAI JIVRAJ @<br \/>\n\tJIVABHAI SOLANKI v\/s. POLICE COMMISSIONER, Surat, reported in 2001<br \/>\n\t(1) GLH 393, having considered the decision of the Hon&#8217;ble Apex<br \/>\n\tCourt in the case of Ram manohar Lohia v\/s. State of Bihar,<br \/>\n\treported in AIR 1966 SC 740, this Court held that the cases<br \/>\n\twherein the detention order are passed on the basis of the<br \/>\n\tstatements of such witness fall under the maintenance of &#8220;law<br \/>\n\tand order&#8221; and not &#8220;public Order&#8221;.\n<\/p>\n<p>Applying<br \/>\n\tthe ratio of the above decisions, it is clear that before passing an<br \/>\n\torder of detention, the detaining authority must come to a definite<br \/>\n\tfindings that there is threat to the &#8216;public order&#8217; and it is very<br \/>\n\tclear that the present case would not fall within the category of<br \/>\n\tthreat to a public order. In that view of the matter, when the order<br \/>\n\tof detention has been passed by the detaining authority without<br \/>\n\thaving adequate grounds for passing the said order, cannot be<br \/>\n\tsustained and, therefore, it deserves to be quashed and set aside.\n<\/p>\n<p>\tFor the foregoing<br \/>\n\treasons, this petition is allowed. The impugned order of detention<br \/>\n\tdated 01\/07\/2010 passed by the respondent &#8211; Commissioner of<br \/>\n\tPolice, Ahmedabad City, is hereby quashed and set aside. The detenue<br \/>\n\tis ordered to be set at liberty forthwith, if not required in any<br \/>\n\tother case. Rule made absolute accordingly. DS permitted.\n<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t(J.C.UPADHYAYA,<br \/>\nJ.)<\/p>\n<p>*<br \/>\nPansala.\n<\/p>\n<p>\t\t   \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\t\t   Top<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Gujarat High Court Imtiyaz vs State on 9 November, 2011 Author: J.C.Upadhyaya, Gujarat High Court Case Information System Print SCA\/9980\/2010 5\/ 5 JUDGMENT IN THE HIGH COURT OF GUJARAT AT AHMEDABAD SPECIAL CIVIL APPLICATION No. 9980 of 2010 For Approval and Signature: HONOURABLE MR.JUSTICE J.C.UPADHYAYA ========================================================= 1 Whether Reporters of Local Papers may be allowed [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[16,8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-21988","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-gujarat-high-court","category-high-court"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Imtiyaz vs State on 9 November, 2011 - Free Judgements of Supreme Court &amp; 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