Preventive detention as immoral-traffic offender set aside in Vadodara
The Police Commissioner of Vadodara had preventively detained a person as an immoral-traffic offender based on two Immoral Traffic Act cases. The High Court recorded the cases under Sections 3, 4 and 5 of the Immoral Traffic law. On 2 March 2026 it quashed the detention order and directed release if the detenu was not required in any other case.
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How we verify →The preventive detention order stands quashed and the detenu was ordered to be set at liberty if not required elsewhere.
What happened
The High Court recorded that the detenu had been preventively detained under the detention order dated 01/02/2026 by the Police Commissioner, Vadodara, as an immoral-traffic offender under Section 2(g) of the 1985 Act.
The grounds referenced two criminal cases for offences under Sections 3, 4 and 5 of the Immoral Traffic law and Sections 54, 114 and 188 of the IPC, registered between 19/10/2023 and 17/12/2025.
The High Court noted that the detenu had received regular bail in those alleged offences.
The High Court found the record did not show an adverse effect on public order, quashed the detention order dated 01/02/2026, and directed release if the detenu was not required in any other case.
What the record says
“The order impugned dated 01/02/2026 passed by the respondent authority is hereby quashed.”
R/Special Criminal Application No. 1966 of 2026, order dated 02/03/2026 — read the full text
No complaining victim
The detention grounds relied on two cases under Sections 3, 4 and 5 of the Immoral Traffic law when classifying the detenu as an immoral-traffic offender.
What we could not confirm
FIR numbers and police-station names were not legible in the excerpt; incident date left null because detention rested on two older cases.