R.Arivazhagan v. State Of Tamil Nadu , Rep By

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT MADRAS

DATED 30.06.2015

CORAM

THE HONOURABLE DR.JUSTICE S.TAMILVANAN AND THE HONOURABLE MR.JUSTICE B.RAJENDRAN H.C.P. No.22 of 2015 R.Arivazhagan ... Petitioner -v1. State of Tamilnadu, rep. by Secretary to Government, Home, Prohibition and Excise Department, Fort St. George, Chennai-600 009.

2. The Commissioner of Police, Greater Chennai, Vepery, Chennai -600 007.

... Respondent 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 in detention order passed in Memo No.1934/BCDFGISSSV/ 2014 dated 23.11.2014 on the file of the second respondent herein and to set aside the same and to direct the respondents to produce the detenu i.e. the body of Arivazhagan, son of Ramamurthy, male aged about 35 years, the detenu herein, now confined in Central Prison, Puzhal, Chennai, before this Court and to set him at liberty.

For Petitioner : Mr.V.Purushothaman For Respondents : Mr.M.Maharaja Additional Public Prosecutor

O R D E R

(Order of the Court was made by S.TAMILVANAN,J.) The petitioner/detenu, by name, Arivazhagan, son of Ramamurthy, male, aged about 35 years, has come forward with this petition challenging the detention order in Memo No.1934/ BCDFGISSSV/2014 dated 23.11.2014 passed by the second respondent against him and 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that the order of detention passed by the second respondent as against the petitioner/detenu dated 23.11.2014 has been revoked by the Government in G.O. [Rt] No.393 Home, Prohibition & Excise [X] Department dated 19.01.2015 and he has also produced a copy of the said order.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 III ) /true copy/ Sub Asst. Registrar To

1. The secretary to Government of Tamil Nadu, Home, Prohibition and Excise Department, Fort St. George, Chennai-600 009.

2. The Commissioner of Police, Greater Chennai, Vepery, Chennai -600 007.

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

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

H.C.P. No.22 of 2015 ppa[co] srg 29.07 https://hcservices.ecourts.gov.in/hcservices/