(1.) Rule returnable forthwith. Learned APP waives service of notice for and on behalf of respondent State.
(2.) The petitioner herein namely Saleh Mohammad S/O Fakir Mohammad Khanji came to be preventively detained vide the detention order dated dtd. 29/10/2024 passed by the Police Commissioner, Surat as a 'sexual offender' as defined under Sec. 2(ha) of the Gujarat Prevention of Anti-social Activities Act, 1985 (herein after referred as 'the Act of 1985).
(3.) By way of this petition, the petitioner has challenged the legality and validity of the aforesaid order.