AJN IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY CRIMINAL APPELLATE JURISDICTION CRIMINAL WRIT PETITION NO.2579 OF 2006 Mr. Sanjay Ramrup Gupta ... Petitioner Vs. State of Maharashtra & Ors. ... Respondents Mr. Sunilkumar Rathod appointed advocate for the petitioner. Mr. D.S. Mhaispurkar, A.P.P. for the State. CORAM : SMT. RANJANA DESAI & ANOOP V. MOHTA, JJ. DATED : 12TH JANUARY, 2007. P.C.:- 1. The petitioner was detained under the provisions of the Maharashtra Prevention of Dangerous Activities of Slumlords, Bootleggers, Drug-offenders and Dangerous Persons Act, 1981 (for short, “MPDA Act”). 2. Mr. Mhaispurkar, the learned A.P.P. on instructions from PSI Parab attached to the Mahim Police Station states that the period of detention is over and the petitioner has been released. He states that the petitioner is residing at Keshav Wadi, Room No.17, Behind Beat No.3 Chowki, Kapad Bazar, Mahim, Mumbai – 400 016, within the jurisdiction of the Mahim Police Station. Mr. Mhaispurkar, on instructions, states that the fear expressed by AJN the petitioner in the petition filed through jail that there is a danger to his life from the police is totally misplaced. In view of this, the petition is disposed of as infructuous. [SMT. RANJANA DESAI, J.] [ANOOP V. MOHTA, J.]