High Court of Gujarat

RONAKKUMAR BHOGILAL PATANVADIYAversusSTATE OF GUJARAT

Disposal: 56-DISPOSED AT ADMISSION STAGE
Bench: GITA GOPIL S PIRZADA

Holding

The application is premature and is therefore disposed of.

Summary

Ronakkumar Bhogilal Patanvadiya filed a Special Criminal Application seeking an order of detention. The Additional Public Prosecutor produced the police inspector's report showing that no proposal for detention had been made against the applicant. The Court observed that without any proposal, the application was premature. Consequently, the Court disposed of the application but granted the applicant liberty to approach the Court if circumstances change. No further orders were made.

Issues considered

Whether a Special Criminal Application for detention is maintainable in the absence of a police proposal for detention
Whether the Court can entertain a premature application

Subjects

detentionspecial criminal applicationpremature applicationpolice reportcriminal procedure

Judgment

   R/SCR.A/8695/2026                       ORDER DATED: 03/07/2026




  IN THE HIGH COURT OF GUJARAT AT AHMEDABAD

 R/SPECIAL CRIMINAL APPLICATION NO. 8695 of 2026
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         RONAKKUMAR BHOGILAL PATANVADIYA
                         Versus
             STATE OF GUJARAT & ORS.
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Appearance:
VASIMRAJA A KURESHI(8609) for the Applicant(s) No. 1
MR. L.B. DABHI APP for the Respondent(s) No. 1
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CORAM:HONOURABLE MS. JUSTICE GITA GOPI
        and
        HONOURABLE MR.JUSTICE L. S. PIRZADA

                       Date : 03/07/2026

                            ORDER

     (PER : HONOURABLE MS. JUSTICE GITA GOPI)

     Today, the learned Additional Public Prosecutor has

produced the Report of the Police Inspector, Kapurai Police

Station, Vadodara City stating that till date, they have not

placed any proposal against the applicant for the offences as

referred in the Report. The said Report is ordered to be

taken on record. Since there is no proposal for passing any

order of detention against the applicant as referred in the

Report, the present application is premature. Hence, the

application stands disposed of accordingly. However, liberty


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         R/SCR.A/8695/2026                                                        ORDER DATED: 03/07/2026




  is granted to the applicant to approach this Court incase of

  any change of circumstances.




                                                                                          (GITA GOPI,J)



                                                                                  (L. S. PIRZADA, J)
  DIKSHA


Original copy of this order has been signed by the Hon'ble Judges.
Digitally signed by: DIKSHA HARISH GUSAIN(HC02363), ENGLISH STENO GRADE-II\, at High Court of Gujarat on 03/07/2026 16:14:50




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