Thangam v. The Secretary To Government,

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT MADRAS

DATED 10.08.2015

CORAM

THE HONOURABLE DR.JUSTICE S.TAMILVANAN AND THE HONOURABLE MR.JUSTICE B.RAJENDRAN H.C.P. No.1092 of 2015 Thangam ... Petitioner/Mother of Detenue -v1.The Secretary to Government, Home, Prohibition and Excise Department, Fort St. George, Chennai 600 009.

2.The Commissioner of Police, Office of the Commissioner of Police, Vepery, Chennai-7.

... Respondents Habeas Corpus Petition filed under Article 226 of the Constitution of India praying for the issuance of a writ of Habeas Corpus calling for the records relating to the order of detention NO.288/BCDFGISSSV/2015 dated 06/04/2015 passed by the 2nd respondent and to quash the same and also to direct the detenue THIRU.PRAKASH @ APPALA PRAKASH S/O.KRISHNAN 37 YEARS who is presently detained in the Central Prison PUZHAL CHENNAI to be produced before this Hon`ble court and set at liberty.

For Petitioner :

Mr.A.Nirmal Kumar For Respondents:

Mr.M.Maharaja Additional Public Prosecutor

O R D E R

(Order of the Court was made by S.TAMILVANAN,J.) The petitioner, who is the mother of the detenu Prakash @ Appala Prakash, male, aged 37 years, son of Krishnan, has come forward with this petition challenging the detention order in Mp/288/BCDFGISSSV/2015 dated 06.04.2015 passed by the second respondent against her son branding him as a "Goonda" under the Tamil Nadu Prevention of Dangerous Activities of Bootleggers, Drug Offenders, Forest Offenders, "Bootlegger", Immoral Traffic Offenders, Sand Offenders, Slum Grabbers and Video Pirates Act, 1982 [Tamil Nadu Act 14 of 1982].

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2.The learned Additional Public Prosecutor would submit that the order of detention passed by the second respondent as against the son of the petitioner dated 06.04.2015 has been revoked by the Government in G.O. [Rt] No.3158, Home, Prohibition & Excise [X] Department dated 11.05.2015 and he has also produced a copy of the said order.

3. Recording the submission of the learned Additional Public Prosecutor, this petition is closed as the same has become infructuous.

Sd/- Asst.Registrar (J) /true copy/ Sub Asst. Registrar cse To 1.The Secretary to Government, Home, Prohibition and Excise Department, Fort St. George, Chennai 600 009.

2.The Commissioner of Police, Office of the Commissioner of Police, Vepery, Chennai-7.

3.The Public Prosecutor, High Court of Madras, Chennai 600 104.

4.The Superintendent, Central Prison, Puzhal, Chennai.

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