Tmt.Rani v. The Principal Secretary To

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT MADRAS

DATED : 03.06.2015

CORAM:

THE HONOURABLE DR.JUSTICE S.TAMILVANAN and THE HONOURABLE MR.JUSTICE C.T.SELVAM H.C.P.No.1170 of 2015 Rani .. Petitioner vs.

1.The Principal Secretary to Government, Home, Prohibition & Excise Department, Fort St. George, Chennai-9.

2.The District Collector and District Magistrate, Erode District, Erode.

.. Respondents Prayer : Petition filed under Article 226 of t he Constitution of India praying for issuance of a writ of habeas corpus calling for the records relating to the detention order dated 25.03.2015 made in detention order in Cr.M.P.No.11/Bootlegger/2015 C1 passed by the second respondent herein and quash the same and direct the respondents to produce the body or person of the petitioner's husband Madhesh alias Pothai Madhesh, Son of Siddharaj aged about 35 years branded as Bootlegger and now confined in Central Prison, Coimbatore, before this Court and set him at liberty forthwith. For Petitioner .. Mr.S.Kamadevan For RR 1 & 2 .. Mr.M.Maharaja, APP

ORDER

(Order of the Court was made by S.TAMILVANAN, J.) The petitioner, who is wife of the detenu herein, viz., Madhesh alias Pothai Madhesh, son of Mr.Siddharaj, aged about 25 years, has come forward with this petition challenging the detention order passed by the second respondent dated 25.03.2015 against her husband branding him as a "Bootlegger" under the Tamil Nadu Prevention of Dangerous Activities of Bootleggers, Drug Offenders, Forest Offenders, Goondas, Immoral Traffic Offenders, Sand Offenders, Slum Grabbers and Video Piracy Act 1982 [Act 14 of 1982]. 2.The learned Additional Public Prosecutor would submit that the order of detention passed by the second respondent as against the husband of the petitioner herein dated 25.03.2015 has been revoked by the Government in G.O. [Rt] No.3184, Home, Prohibition & Excise [IX] Department dated 11.05.2015 and he has also produced a copy of the said order.

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

Sd/- Assistant Registrar True Copy Sub Assistant Registrar To 1.The Principal Secretary to Government, Home, Prohibition & Excise Department, Fort St. George, Chennai-9.

2.The District Collector and District Magistrate, Erode District, Erode.

3.The Superintendent of Central Prison, Coimbatore. 4.The Joint Secretary to Government Public (L&O) Fort St.George, Chennai.

5.The Public Prosecutor, Madras High Court, Madras. Kv(co) krd 12/6 H.C.P.No.1170/2015 https://hcservices.ecourts.gov.in/hcservices/