K.Vasanthy v. The State Of Tamil Nadu

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT MADRAS

DATED 07.09.2015

CORAM:

THE HONOURABLE DR.JUSTICE S.TAMILVANAN AND THE HONOURABLE MR.JUSTICE C.T.SELVAM H.C.P.No.1462 of 2015 K.Vasanthy W/o.Kalaimani

...Petitioner

Vs

1. The State of Tamil Nadu, represented by the Secretary to the Government, Home, Prohibition and Excise Department, Secretariat, Chennai - 600 009.

2. The District Collector and District Magistrate, Office of the District Collectorate, Cuddalore District.

3. The Superintendent, Central Prison, Cuddalore District.

4. The Inspector of Police, Prohibition Enforcement Wing, Cuddalore, Cuddalore District.

...Respondents

This Habeas Corpus Petition filed under Article 226 of the Constitution of India to issue a writ of Habeas Corpus to call for the records of the second respondent pertaining to detention order in No.C3/D.O./24/2015, dated 28.05.2015 and quash the same, produce the petitioner's husband Kalaimani, S/o.Ganesan, aged about 26 years, now detained in Central Prison, Cuddalore and set him at liberty.

For Petitioner :

Mr.P.Saravanan For Respondents :

Mr.M.Maharaja, Additional Public Prosecutor

O R D E R

[Order of the Court was made by S.TAMILVANAN, J.] Petitioner, who is the wife of the detenu, has come forward with this petition challenging the detention order passed by second respondent dated 28.05.2015 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 Pirates Act, 1982 [Tamil Nadu Act 14 of 1982].

2. Learned Additional Public Prosecutor, would submit that the detention order passed against the husband of the petitioner dated 28.05.2015 in No.C3/D.O./24/2015 on the file of the second respondent is revoked on the opinion expressed by the Advisory Board by the Government of India in G.O.Rt.No.4365, Home, Prohibition and Excise (XI) Department, dated 15.07.2015 and produced a copy of the said order.

In view of the above, this petition is closed as it has become infructuous.

Sd/- Assistant Registrar(CS-II) //True Copy// Sub Assistant Registrar gm To

1. The Secretary to the Government, Home, Prohibition and Excise Department, Secretariat, Chennai - 600 009.

2. The District Collector and District Magistrate, Office of the District Collectorate, Cuddalore District.

3. The Superintendent, Central Prison, Cuddalore District.

4. The Inspector of Police, Prohibition Enforcement Wing, Cuddalore, Cuddalore District.

5. The Public Prosecutor, High Court, Chennai.

H.C.P.No.1462 of 2015 PPA (CO) PSI (28.09.2015)