P.Mathangi v. The State Rep By
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT MADRAS
DATED : 03.06.2024 CORAM :
THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE M.S.RAMESH AND THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE SUNDER MOHAN P.Mathangi ... Petitioner/wife of the detenue Vs.
1.State rep. by the Secretary to Government, Home, Prohibition and Excise Department, Secretariat, Chennai-9.
2.The District Collector and District Magistrate, Tiruvarur District, Tiruvarur.
3.The Superintendent of Police, Tiruvarur District, Tiruvarur.
4.The Inspector of Police, Peralam Police Station, Nannilam Taluk & Tiruvarur District.
5.The Superintendent of Central Prison, Trichy District.
... Respondents Prayer : Habeas Corpus Petition filed under Article 226 of the Constitution of India praying for the issuance of a Writ of Habeas Corpus, to call for the records made in COC.No.70 of 2023 dated 31.12.2023 on the file of the second respondent herein and quash the same as illegal and direct the respondents to produce the detenue, Padaleeswaran @ Padalees, S/o.Anbalagan, aged about 45 years now confined at Central Prison, Tiruchirappalli, before this Court and set him at liberty. For Petitioner :
Mr.R.Sankarasubbu For Respondents :
Mr.E.Raj Thilak Additional Public Prosecutor assisted by Mr.C.Aravind
O R D E R
M.S.RAMESH , J.
and SUNDER MOHAN, J.
The petitioner is the wife of the detenu viz., Padaleeswaran @ Padalees, S/o.Anbalagan, aged about 45 years, now confined at Central Prison, Tiruchirappalli, has come forward with this petition challenging the detention order passed by the second respondent dated 31.12.2023 slapped
on her husband, branding him as "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]. 2.The learned Additional Public Prosecutor would submit that the order of detention passed by the second respondent as against the petitioner's husband, dated 31.12.2023 has been revoked by the Government in G.O.Rt.No.900, Home, Prohibition and Excise (XV) Department, dated 15.02.2024 and he has also produced a copy of the said order. 3.Recording the submission of the learned Additional Public Prosecutor, this petition is dismissed as the same has become infructuous. [M.S.R., J] [S.M., J] 03.06.2024 Anu Internet : Yes Index : Yes / No
M.S.RAMESH , J.
and SUNDER MOHAN, J.
Anu To 1.The Secretary to Government, Home, Prohibition and Excise Department, Secretariat, Chennai-9.
2.The District Collector and District Magistrate, Tiruvarur District, Tiruvarur.
3.The Superintendent of Police, Tiruvarur District, Tiruvarur.
4.The Inspector of Police, Peralam Police Station, Nannilam Taluk & Tiruvarur District.
5.The Superintendent of Central Prison, Trichy District.
6.The Public Prosecutor, High Court, Madras.
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