Valli v. The State Of Tamil Nadu

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT MADRAS

DATED 19.08.2015

CORAM

THE HONOURABLE DR.JUSTICE S.TAMILVANAN AND THE HONOURABLE MR.JUSTICE C.T.SELVAM H.C.P. No.1220 of 2015 Valli ... Petitioner/Wife of the detenue -v1.The State of Tamil Nadu, rep. by its Secretary to Government, Home, Prohibition and Excise Department, Fort St. George, Chennai-600 009.

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

... 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 entire records relating to the impugned order of detention passed by the second respondent in C3.D.O.11/2015 dated 09.04.2015 and set aside the same, consequently direct the respondents to produce the detenu Arul, S/o.Chinnaiyan, male, aged about 36 years, NO.88, Mariamman Koil Street, Nagammalpettai, Cuddalore Taluk, Cuddalore District, now confined in Central Prison at Cuddalore before this Court and to set him at liberty forthwith.

For Petitioner :

Mr.B.Jawahar 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 wife of the detenu Arul, S/o.Chinnaiyan, aged about 36 years, has come forward with this petition challenging the detention order in C3.D.O.11/2015 dated 09.04.2015 passed by the second respondent 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 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the order of detention passed by the second respondent as against the husband of the petitioner dated 09.04.2015 has been revoked by the Government in G.O. [Rt] No.3590, Home, Prohibition & Excise [XI] Department dated 02.06.2015 and he has also produced a copy of the said order.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 vga To 1.The Secretary to Government, The State of Tamil Nadu, Home, Prohibition and Excise Department, Fort St. George, Chennai-600 009.

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

3.The Superintendent of Central Prison, Cuddalore.

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

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