Kishta @ Krishnamurthy v. State Of Tamil Nadu Rep By

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.2247 of 2015 Kishta @ Krishnamurthy ... Petitioner -v1.The State of Tamilnadu Represented by its Secretary, Prohibition and Excise Department, Fort St. George, Chennai-600 009.

2.The Commissioner of Police, Chennai Police, Office of the Commissioner of Police (Goondas Section) Vepery, Chennai-600 007.

3.The Inspector of Police, K-8, Arumbakkam Police Station, Chennai.

... 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 connected with the order of the second respondent passed in No.631 of 2015 dated 29.07.2015 and quash the same and further direct the respondents to produce the body of the petitioner, Kishta @ Krishnamurthy, son of Rajaram, Hindu, aged abut 36 years, now confined in Central Prison, Puzhal, Chennai-600 066 before this Court and set him liberty forthwith.

For Petitioner :

Mr.C.Selvaraj For Respondents:

Mr.A.N.Thambi Durai Additional Public Prosecutor

O R D E R

(Order of the Court made by S.TAMILVANAN,J.) The petitioner is the detenu herein, aged about 36 years, S/o.Rajaram, has come forward with this petition challenging the detention order passed by the second respondent dated 29.07.2015 against the petitioner branding him as a "Goonda" under the https://hcservices.ecourts.gov.in/hcservices/

Tamil Nadu Prevention of Dangerous Activities of Bootleggers, Drug Offenders, Forest Offenders, Goondas, Immoral Traffic Offenders, Sand Offenders, Slum Grabbers and Video Piracy Act 1982 [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would submit that the order of detention passed by the second respondent as against the petitioner dated 29.07.2015 has been revoked by the Government in G.O. [Rt] No.5837, Home, Prohibition & Excise [XIII] Department dated 15.09.2015 and he has also produced a copy of the said order.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 VII) //True Copy// Sub Assistant Registrar vga To 1.The Secretary to Government of Tamilnadu Prohibition and Excise Department, Fort St. George, Chennai-600 009.

2.The Commissioner of Police, Chennai Police, Office of the Commissioner of Police (Goondas Section) Vepery, Chennai-600 007.

3.The Joint Secretary to Govt., Public (Law and Order) Dept., Fort St.George, Chennai 9.

4.The Inspector of Police, K-8, Arumbakkam Police Station, Chennai.

5.The Public Prosecutor, Madras High Court, Madras. 6.The Superintendent of Central Prison, Puzhal, Chennai. H.C.P.No.2247/2015 svi co kra 09.02.2016 https://hcservices.ecourts.gov.in/hcservices/