Lakshmi v. State Of Tamil Nadu

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT MADRAS

DATED : 01.02.2016

CORAM

THE HONOURABLE DR.JUSTICE S.TAMILVANAN AND THE HONOURABLE MR.JUSTICE D.HARIPARANTHAMAN H.C.P. No.2146 of 2015 Lakshmi ... Petitioner -Vs1. State of Tamilnadu, Rep. by the Secretary, Prohibition and Excise Department, Fort St. George, Chennai-9.

2. The Commissioner of Police, Egmore, Chennai-600 008.

... 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 relating to the Detention Order Memo No.643//BCDFGISSSV/2015 dated 29.07.2015 passed by the second respondent under Tamil Nadu Act 14 of 1982 and quash the same and direct the respondents to produce the detenu Manikandan @ Kolar Manikandan, son of Ashok, male, aged about 25 years, now confined in Central Prison, Puzhal, before this Court and set the detenu Manikandan @ Kolar Manikandan, Son of Ashok, at liberty forthwith.

For Petitioner :

Mr.T.I.Ramanathan For Respondents :

Mr.A.N.Thambidurai Additional Public Prosecutor

O R D E R

(Order of the Court was made by S.TAMILVANAN,J.) The petitioner, who is the mother of the detenu Manikandan @ Kolar Manikandan, son of Ashok, aged about 25 years, has come forward with this petition challenging the detention order in Memo No.643/BCDFGISSSV/2015 dated 29.07.2015 passed by the second respondent against her son branding him as a "Goonda" under the Tamil Nadu Prevention of Dangerous Activities of https://hcservices.ecourts.gov.in/hcservices/

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that the order of detention passed by the second respondent as against the son of the petitioner dated 29.07.2015 has been revoked by the Government in G.O. [Rt] No.5824, Home, Prohibition & Excise [X] Department dated 15.09.2015 and he has also produced a copy of the said order.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 V) //True Copy// Sub Assistant Registrar vga To

1. The Secretary, State of Tamilnadu, Prohibition and Excise Department, Fort St. George, Chennai-9.

2. The Commissioner of Police, Egmore, Chennai-600 008.

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

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

H.C.P. No.2146 of 2015 RSY(CO) CA(19/02/2016) https://hcservices.ecourts.gov.in/hcservices/