Karnataka Laws

The Karnataka Prevention of Dangerous Activities of Bootleggers, Drug offenders, Gamblers, Goondas, Immoral Traffic Offenders and Slum Grabbers Act, 1985 was enacted for preventive detention of bootleggers, drug-offenders, gamblers, goondas, Immoral traffic offenders and slum-grabbers for preventing their dangerous activities prejudicial to the maintenance of public order. As public order could be adversely affected by dangerous activities performed by any of the above mentioned category of persons, the Government thought it necessary to enact a law which hands the police the power to detain “Goondas” to prevent such activities.