Shobana v. The District Collector And

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT MADRAS

DATED : 02.11.2015

CORAM:

THE HONOURABLE MR.JUSTICE R.SUDHAKAR and THE HONOURABLE MR.JUSTICE P.N.PRAKASH Habeas Corpus Petition No.1810 of 2015 Shobana ... Petitioner Vs.

1. The District Collector and District Magistrate, Collectorate Office, Vellore.

2. Government of India, rep. by its Secretary Home, Prohibition and Excise Department, Secretariat, Chennai - 600 009.

3. The Superintendent, Central Prison, Vellore District.

... Respondents Petition filed under Article 226 of the Constitution of India praying for issuance of a writ of habeas corpus calling for the records in Detention Order C3 D.O.No.65/2015 dated 14.07.2015 on the file of the 1st respondent and quash the same and direct the respondents herein to produce the body of the detenue Seethupathy M/A 23 years now confined in Central Prison, Vellore before this Court and set him at liberty. For Petitioner : Mr.S.P.Arthi For Respondents : Mr.M.Maharaja, Additional Public Prosecutor https://hcservices.ecourts.gov.in/hcservices/

O R D E R

(Order of the Court was made by P.N.PRAKASH,J.) The petitioner, who is the wife of the detenu Sethupathy, son of Settu, aged about 23 years, has come forward with this petition challenging the detention order passed by the first respondent dated 14.07.2015 against her husband branding him as a "Bootlegger" under Section 2(b) of the Tamil Nadu Act 14 of 1982.

2. Learned Additional Public Prosecutor submits that the order of detention passed by the first respondent as against the husband of the petitioner dated 14.07.2015 has been revoked by the Government in G.O. Rt No.5592, Home, Prohibition & Excise (IX) Department, dated 01.09.2015 and he has also produced a copy of the said order.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(CS VII) //True Copy// sl Sub Assistant Registrar To

1. The District Collector and District Magistrate, Collectorate Office, Vellore.

2. The Secretary, Government of India, Home, Prohibition and Excise Department, Secretariat, Chennai - 600 009.

3. The Superintendent, Central Prison, Vellore District.

4. The Public Prosecutor, Madras High Court, Madras.

H.C.P.No.1810 of 2015 NM(CO) CA(19/11/2015) https://hcservices.ecourts.gov.in/hcservices/