Thangavel v. The State Of Tamil Nadu

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT MADRAS

DATED 12.08.2015

CORAM

THE HONOURABLE DR.JUSTICE S.TAMILVANAN AND THE HONOURABLE MR.JUSTICE C.T.SELVAM H.C.P. No.1217 of 2015 Thangavel ... Petitioner -v1.The State of Tamil Nadu, rep. by its Secretary to Government, Home, Prohibition and Excise (XVI) Department, Fort St. George, Secretariat, Chennai-600 009.

2.The District Collector and District Magistrate of Krishnagiri District, Krishnagiri.

... 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 in connection with the order of detention passed by the second respondent dated 13.04.2015 in his office Ref.S.C.No.29/2015 against the petitioner's son by name Sankar, S/o.Thangavel, aged about 24 years, now confined at Central Prison, Salem, Salem District and set aside the same and direct the respondents to produce the above said detenu before this Court and set him at liberty. For Petitioner :

Mr.E.Kannadasan 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 father of the detenu Sankar, S/o.Thangavel, aged about 24 years, has come forward with this petition challenging the detention order in Ref.S.C.No.29/2015 dated 13.04.2015 passed by the second respondent against her son 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 Pirates Act, 1982 [Tamil Nadu Act 14 of 1982]. https://hcservices.ecourts.gov.in/hcservices/

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that the order of detention passed by the second respondent as against the son of the petitioner dated 13.04.2015 has been revoked by the Government in G.O. [Rt] No.3605, Home, Prohibition & Excise [XV] Department dated 02.06.2015 and he has also produced a copy of the said order.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/- Assistant Registrar //True Copy// Sub Assistant Registrar cse To 1.The State of Tamil Nadu, rep. by its Secretary to Government, Home, Prohibition and Excise (XVI) Department, Fort St. George, Secretariat, Chennai-600 009.

2.The District Collector and District Magistrate of Krishnagiri District, Krishnagiri.

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

4.The Superintendent of Central Prison, Salem.

H.C.P. No.1217 of 2015 SKV(CO) Eu 04.09.15 https://hcservices.ecourts.gov.in/hcservices/