Thulasi v. State Rep. By
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT MADRAS
DATED : 03.11.2015
CORAM:
THE HONOURABLE MR.JUSTICE R.SUDHAKAR and THE HONOURABLE MR.JUSTICE P.N.PRAKASH Habeas Corpus Petition No.1825 of 2015 Thulasi .... Petitioner Vs.
1. State represented by Secretary to Government, Home Prohibition & Excise Department, Fort St.George, Chennai - 600 009.
2. The District Magistrate & District Collector, Vellore District, Vellore - 632 009 .... Respondents Petition filed under Article 226 of the Constitution of India praying for issuance of a writ of habeas corpus calling for the records of the second respondent, pertaining to the order made in C3/D.O.No.67/2015 dated 17.7.2015 in detaining the detenu under the Tamil Nadu Act 14 of 1982 as a Bootlegger and quash the same and direct the respondents to produce the detenu, namely, Govindammal, wife of Thulasi, who is detained at the Special Prison for Women, Vellore, before this court and set her at liberty.
For Petitioner .. Mr.O.S.Thilak Pasumbadiar For Respondents .. Mr.M.Maharaja,APP
O R D E R
(Order of the Court was made by R.SUDHAKAR,J.) The petitioner, who is the husband of the detenu, Govindammal, aged 36 yeas, W/o Thulasi, has come forward with this petition challenging the detention order passed by the second respondent made in C3/D.O.No.67/2015 dated 17.07.2015 against his wife branding her as a "Bootlegger" as contemplated 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 second respondent as against https://hcservices.ecourts.gov.in/hcservices/
the wife of the petitioner dated 17.07.2015 has been revoked by the Government in G.O. Rt No.5626, Home, Prohibition & Excise (IX) Department, dated 04.09.2015 and he has also produced a copy of the said order.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/- Asst.Registrar (CS II ) /true copy/ Sub Asst. Registrar vsi To
1. The Secretary to Government, Home Prohibition & Excise Department, Fort St.George, Chennai - 600 009.
2. The District Magistrate & District Collector, Vellore District, Vellore - 632 009
3. The Superintendent, Special Prison for Women, Vellore,
4. The Public Prosecutor, Madras High Court, Madras.
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