Preventive detention as gaming-house keeper set aside in Rajkot area
The District Magistrate had preventively detained a person as a common gaming-house keeper based on Gambling Act cases at Jetpur Udhyognagar Police Station. The High Court recorded the cases under Sections 4 and 5 of the Gambling Act. On 14 September 2026 it quashed the detention order.
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How we verify →The preventive detention order stands quashed and the detenue was ordered to be set at liberty if not required elsewhere.
What happened
The High Court recorded that the person was preventively detained under the detention order dated 14.08.2026 as a common gaming-house keeper under Section 2(bb).
The High Court recorded that the grounds cited Sections 4 and 5 of the Gambling Act cases registered with Jetpur Udhyognagar Police Station, and that bail had been granted in the cited offences.
The High Court recorded that bail had been granted in the cited cases and found the alleged activities had no bearing on public order.
The High Court held that the alleged activities did not affect public order, quashed the order dated 14.08.2026, and directed release if the applicant was not required in any other case.
What the record says
“The order impugned dated 14.08.2026 passed by the respondent authority is hereby quashed.”
R/Special Criminal Application No. 12422 of 2026, order dated 14/09/2026 — read the full text
No complaining victim
The detention order relied on Gambling Act cases to classify the detenu as a common gaming-house keeper; the High Court held the alleged offences had no bearing on public order.
What we could not confirm
FIR numbers and underlying wager amounts were not legible in the excerpt; Jetpur Udhyognagar is in Rajkot district per police jurisdiction.