PRAKASH Vs. STATE OF GUJARAT

JUDGEMENT

(1.) WE have heard Mr. V.M. Pathan, learned counsel for the appellant and Mr. Vishal Patel, learned Assistant Government Pleader for the respondents.

(2.) THIS Letters Patent Appeal No. 920 of 2014 has been filed challenging the judgment and order dated 4th August 2014 passed by the learned Single Judge in Special Civil Application No. 1954 of 2014, wherein the learned Single Judge, on the basis of three FIRs lodged against the appellant, dismissed the petition. The following FIRs came to be lodged against the present appellant:

(3.) IN the aforesaid definition, the word 'habitually' is very important. Habitually means repetitive. Therefore, for passing the order of preventive detention, a single act cannot be said to be forming the habit of the person for bringing the person within the definition of dangerous person. The act complained of must be repeated more than once. The Apex Court in Vijay Narain Singh v. State of Bihar and others, : AIR 1984 SC 1334, in paragraph 31 has held as under: -