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Usha v. The State Of Tamilnadu

2022-06-29Honourable Mr. Justice Paresh Upadhyay,Honourable Mr Justice A.D.Jagadish Chandira5 pages

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT MADRAS

DATED: 29.06.2022 Coram The Honourable Mr. Justice PARESH UPADHYAY and The Honourable Mr. Justice A.D.JAGADISH CHANDIRA Usha .. Petitioner Vs 1.State represented by The Secretary to Government, Home, Prohibition and Excise (XVI) Department, Fort St.George, Secretariat, Chennai - 600 009.

2.The District Collector and District Magistrate, Tiruvannamalai District, Tiruvannamalai.

3.The Superintendent of Police, Tiruvannamalai, Tiruvannamalai District.

4.The Superintendent, Central Prison, Vellore Vellore District.

5.The Inspector of Police, Vandavasi North Police Station, Tiruvannamalai District.

.. Respondents

Petition filed under Article 226 of the Constitution of India to issue a writ of Habeas Corpus call for the records in connectin with the order of detention passed by the second respondent dated 22.12.2021 in his office Ref.D.O.No.118/2021-C2 against the petitioner's son by name Giri @ Giridharan, S/o.Karthikeyan, aged about 26 years, now confined at the Central Prison, Vellore, Vellore District and set aside the same and direct the respondents to produce the above said detenu before this Court and set him at liberty.

For Petitioner : Mr.E.Kannadasan For Respondents : Mr.M.Babu Muthumeeran Addl. Public Prosecutor

ORDER

(Order of the Court was made by A.D.JAGADISH CHANDIRA, J.) The petitioner challenges the impugned order of detention in D.O.No.118/2021-C2 dated 22.12.2021 detaining her son as "Goonda", as contemplated under Section 2(f) of the Tamil Nadu Act 14 of 1982.

The learned Additional Public Prosecutor reports that the order of detention passed against the detenu has been revoked by the Government by its order in G.O.Rt.No.1836, Home, Prohibition and Excise (XI) Department, dated 05.04.2022 and he has also produced a copy of the Government Order. Recording the same, this Habeas Corpus Petition stands closed.

(P.U., J.) (A.D.J.C., J.) 29.06.2022 nsd/38

To 1.The Secretary to Government, Home, Prohibition and Excise (XVI) Department, Fort St.George, Secretariat, Chennai - 600 009.

2.The District Collector and District Magistrate, Tiruvannamalai District, Tiruvannamalai.

3.The Superintendent of Police, Tiruvannamalai, Tiruvannamalai District.

4.The Superintendent, Central Prison, Vellore Vellore District.

5.The Inspector of Police, Vandavasi North Police Station, Tiruvannamalai District.

6.The Joint Secretary to Government of Tamil Nadu, Public, Law and Order Department, Secretariat, Chennai - 9.

7.The Public Prosecutor, High Court, Madras.

PARESH UPADHYAY, J.

and A.D.JAGADISH CHANDIRA, J.

nsd 29.06.2022