Devi v. The State Of Tamilnadu
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT MADRAS
DATED : 22.2.2016
CORAM
THE HONOURABLE MR.JUSTICE M.JAICHANDREN and THE HONOURABLE MR.JUSTICE S.NAGAMUTHU H.C.P.No.2204 of 2015 Devi ..Petitioner Vs.
1. The State of Tamil Nadu rep by its Secretary to the Government Home Prohibition & Excise Department Fort St. George, Chennai - 600 009
2. The Commissioner of Police Chennai Police Vepery, Chennai .. Respondents Petition filed under Article 226 of the Constitution of India, praying to issue a Writ of Habeas Corpus calling for the entire records leading to the detention of the petitioner's brother Mani @ Auto Manimaran, son of Kuppan, M/A 28 years, has been detained under Act 14/82 as a Goonda vide detention order dated 14.8.2015 on the file of the second respondent herein made in Memo No.748/BDFGISSV/2015 quash the same and consequently direct the respondents herein to produce the body and person of the said detenu before this Court and thereafter set him at liberty from the Central Prison, Puzhal, Chennai. For Petitioner : Mr.T.V.Somasundaram For Respondents : Mr.A.N.Thambi Durai Addl. Public Prosecutor
O R D E R
[Order of the Court was made by M.JAICHANDREN, J.] The petitioner, who is the brother of the detenu, namely, Mani @ Auto Manimaran, son of Kuppan, aged about 28 years, has come forward with this petition challenging the detention order https://hcservices.ecourts.gov.in/hcservices/
passed by the 2nd respondent dated 14.8.2015 against his brother branding him as a "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that the order of detention passed by the 2nd respondent as against the brother of the petitioner dated 14.8.2015 has been revoked by the Government in G.O. [Rt] No.6276, dated 6.10.2015 and he has also produced a copy of the said order.
3. Recording the submission of the learned Additional Public Prosecutor, this petition is dismissed as infructuous. -s/dAssistant Registrar True Copy Sub-Assistant Registrar To
1. The State of Tamil Nadu rep by its Secretary to the Government Home Prohibition & Excise Department Fort St. George, Chennai - 600 009
2. The Commissioner of Police Chennai Police Vepery, Chennai 3.The Public Prosecutor, High Court, Madras.
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