Ammu, v. The Secretary To Govt.

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT MADRAS

DATED 18.08.2015

CORAM

THE HONOURABLE DR.JUSTICE S.TAMILVANAN AND THE HONOURABLE MR.JUSTICE C.T.SELVAM H.C.P. No.1289 of 2015 Ammu ... Petitioner -v1.The Secretary to Government, Home, Prohibition & Excise Department, Secretariat, Chennai-600 009.

2.The Commissioner of Police, Office of the Commissioner of Police, (Goondas Section) Chennai Police, Chennai-8.

... 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 detention order passed by the second respondent in detention order No.BDCFGISSSV No.345/2015 dated 22.04.2015 and quash the same and direct the respondents to produce the body of the petitioner's brother, Venkatesan, son of Balakasi, male aged about 27 years, who is confined at Central prison, Puzhal, Chennai, before this Court and and set him at liberty. For Petitioner :

Mr.V.Paarthiban 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 sister of the detenu Venkatesan, Son of Balakasi, has come forward with this petition challenging the detention order in No.BDCFGISSSV No.345/2015 dated 22.04.2015 passed by the second respondent against her brother branding him as a "Goonda" 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].

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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the order of detention passed by the second respondent as against the brother of the petitioner dated 22.04.2015 has been revoked by the Government in G.O. [Rt] No.3744, Home, Prohibition & Excise [X] Department dated 10.06.2015 and he has also produced a copy of the said order.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 kal To 1.The Secretary to Government, Home, Prohibition & Excise Department, Secretariat, Chennai-600 009.

2.The Commissioner of Police, Office of the Commissioner of Police, (Goondas Section) Chennai Police, Chennai-8.

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

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

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