Jhansi v. The Commissioner Of Police

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT MADRAS

DATED 22.06.2015

CORAM

THE HONOURABLE DR.JUSTICE S.TAMILVANAN AND THE HONOURABLE MR.JUSTICE C.T.SELVAM H.C.P. No.186 of 2015 Jhansi ... Petitioner -v1.The Commissioner of Police, Office of the Commissioner of Police, Egmore, Chennai.

2.The Secretary, Government of Tamil Nadu, Home, Prohibition and Excise Department, Chief Secretariat, Fort St. George, Chennai-600 009.

3.The Superintendent, Central Prison, Puzhal, Chennai.

... 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 pertaining to the order of detention passed by the first respondent herein and made in No.2242/BCDFGISSSV/2014 dated 22.12.2014 and to set aside the same and directing the third respondent to produce the body of the detenu Senthil @ Velayutham @ Thodai Senthil, S/o.Babu, aged about 32 years, now confined in Central Prison, Puzhal, Chennai before this Court and thereby setting him at liberty.

For Petitioner :

Mr.T.S.Srinivasan For Respondents:

Mr.M.Maharaja Addl. 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 Senthil @ Velayutham @ Thodai Senthil, S/o.Babu, aged about 32 years, has come forward with this petition challenging the detention order in No.2242/BCDFGISSSV/2014 dated 22.12.2014 passed by the first respondent against her husband branding him as a "Goonda" under the Tamil Nadu Prevention of Dangerous Activities of Bootleggers, Drug https://hcservices.ecourts.gov.in/hcservices/

Offenders, Forest Offenders, Goondas, Immoral Traffic Offenders, Sand Offenders, Slum Grabbers and Video Pirates Act, 1982 [Tamil Nadu Act 14 of 1982].

2.The learned Additional Public Prosecutor would submit that the order of detention passed by the first respondent as against the husband of the petitioner dated 22.12.2014 has been revoked by the Government in G.O. [Rt] No.1420, Home, Prohibition & Excise [XIII] Department dated 27.02.2015 and he has also produced a copy of the said order.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 To 1.The Commissioner of Police, Office of the Commissioner of Police, Egmore, Chennai.

2.The Secretary, Government of Tamil Nadu, Home, Prohibition and Excise Department, Chief Secretariat, Fort St. George, Chennai-600 009.

3.The Superintendent, Central Prison, Puzhal, Chennai.

4.The Joint Secretary to Government Public (L&O) Fort St.George, Chennai.

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

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