The petitioner, Akshay alias Bhaiya Ramesh Wahul, challenged a preventive detention order dated 26.02.2026 passed by the Commissioner of Police, Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar, detaining him for 12 months as a 'dangerous person' under the Maharashtra Prevention of Dangerous Activities (MPDA) Act, 1981. The petitioner argued, among other grounds, that the detaining authority failed to properly consider the bail orders granted to him in the two relied-upon criminal cases, that the in-camera witness statements were vague and disclosed only law-and-order issues rather than public order concerns, and that three previous MPDA detention orders against him had already been quashed by the Bombay High Court. The Bombay High Court found merit in the petitioner's contention that the detaining authority had merely noted the fact of bail but had not applied its mind to the nature of the bail conditions or explained why those conditions were insufficient to prevent prejudicial activity. Relying on Supreme Court precedents including Ameena Begum v. State of Telangana (2023 INSC 788) and Shaik Nazneen v. State of Telangana [(2023) 9 SCC 633], the Court emphasised that preventive detention is an extraordinary measure and must not be used as a substitute for ordinary criminal law remedies such as seeking cancellation of bail.