Abhijit Alias Pandurang Chandardavari v. The State Of Maharashtra And ORS.

903-4766-2025-Cri.WP-Operative.doc IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY CIRCUIT BENCH AT KOLHAPUR CRIMINAL APPELLATE JURISDICTION WRIT PETITION NO.4766 OF 2025 Digitally signed by UDAY SHIVAJI JAGTAP Date:

2026.02.20 17:27:23 +0530 Abhijit Alias Pandurang Chandar Davari ... Petitioner UDAY SHIVAJI JAGTAP

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The State of Maharashtra & Ors.

... Respondents .............

Mr. Harshvardhan Suryavanshi for the Petitioner. Mrs. S.N. Deshmukh, APP for the Respondent - State. Mr. Shankar S. Amberkar, Inspector of State Excise, Kagal present .............

CORAM : R.G. AVACHAT AND AJIT B. KADETHANKAR, JJ.

DATE : 20th FEBRUARY, 2026.

P.C. : (Per Ajit B. Kadethankar, J.) 1.

For the reasons recorded separately, the following order is passed.

ORDER

(i) The Writ Petition stands allowed.

(ii) The impugned detention order dated 27th October, 2025 passed by Respondent No.2 - District Magistrate, Kolhapur is quashed and set aside. (iii) The petitioner be released from Yerawada Central Jail forthwith. [AJIT B. KADETHANKAR, J. ] [ R.G. AVACHAT, J. ] Uday S. Jagtap 1 of