High Court of Gujarat

JUBERBEG S/O HUSENBEG MAHETAR THROUGH PRAVINBI HUSEN BEGversusSTATE OF GUJARAT

Disposal: 47-DISPOSAL IN ANY OTHER MODE FH
Bench: N S SANJAY GOWDAD M VYAS

Holding

The petition was dismissed as unnecessary because the detention order had been revoked.

Summary

The petitioner, Juberbeg, filed a special criminal application challenging his detention. While the petition was pending, the Board revoked the order of detention that formed the basis of the petition. The petitioner’s counsel argued that the revocation rendered the petition moot. The Court examined whether the petition should continue despite the change in circumstances. Finding that the relief sought no longer existed, the Court held that the petition could not survive consideration. Consequently, the Court dismissed the petition as unnecessary.

Issues considered

Whether a petition challenging a detention order remains maintainable after the detention order is revoked.

Subjects

detentionrevocationpetition dismissedcriminal proceduremaintainability

Judgment

        R/SCR.A/17162/2025                                                                 ORDER DATED: 13/01/2026




              IN THE HIGH COURT OF GUJARAT AT AHMEDABAD

          R/SPECIAL CRIMINAL APPLICATION NO. 17162 of 2025

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        JUBERBEG S/O HUSENBEG MAHETAR THROUGH PRAVINBI
                          HUSEN BEG
                             Versus
                    STATE OF GUJARAT & ORS.
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 Appearance:
 MR YASH K DAVE(10269) for the Applicant(s) No. 1
 YASHKUMAR J TRIVEDI(9624) for the Applicant(s) No. 1
 MR PRANAV DHAGAT, ADDL. PUBLIC PROSECUTOR for the
 Respondent(s) No. 1
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    CORAM:HONOURABLE MR.JUSTICE N.S.SANJAY GOWDA
          and
          HONOURABLE MR.JUSTICE D. M. VYAS

                                               Date : 13/01/2026

                             ORAL ORDER
            (PER : HONOURABLE MR.JUSTICE N.S.SANJAY GOWDA)


            Learned Counsel for the petitioner submits that during
 the pendency of this petition, the Board has revoked the
 order of detention passed against the petitioner. In view
 thereof, the petition does not survive consideration.
            Accordingly, the present petition is dismissed as
 unnecessary.



                                                                                    (N.S.SANJAY GOWDA,J)



                                                                                                     (D. M. VYAS, J)
 Anuj
Original copy of this order has been signed by the Hon'ble Judges.
Digitally signed by: SISODIYA ANUJSINH(HCD0069), ENGLISH STENOGRAPHER GRADE TWO CLASS TWO, at High Court of Gujarat on 13/01/2026 16:52:36




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