SHAHRUKHKHAN ASHRAFKHAN PATHAN THRO PATHAN AAYESHABANU SHAHRUKHKHAN vs DIRECTOR GENERAL OF POLICE Advocate - null( — SCR.A/5007/2026

Summary The Gujarat High Court quashed a preventive detention order dated 16/03/2026 passed against the petitioner under the Prevention of Illicit Traffic in Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substance Act, 1988. The court found that the detaining authority lacked sufficient material to establish that the petitioner's alleged illicit drug trafficking activities adversely affected or were likely to affect the maintenance of public order, as required by law. Relying on Supreme Court precedent, the court held that preventive detention is an extraordinary power that must be used sparingly and only when ordinary criminal law is insufficient, and therefore directed the petitioner's immediate release. This case analysis is maintained by casestatus.in based on publicly available court records.