Shanthi v. The Secretary To The

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT MADRAS

DATED : 29.2.2016

CORAM

THE HONOURABLE MR.JUSTICE M.JAICHANDREN and THE HONOURABLE MR.JUSTICE S.NAGAMUTHU H.C.P.No.2310 of 2015 Shanthi ..

Petitioner/Mother of the Detenue Vs.

1. The Secretary to the Government Home Prohibition & Excise Department Secretariat Chennai - 600 009

2. The Commissioner of Police Chennai City .. Respondents Petition filed under Article 226 of the Constitution of India, praying to issue a Writ of Habeas Corpus calling for the records in connection with the order of detention passed by the 2nd respondent dated 26.8.2015 in Memo No.798/BCDFGISSSV/2015 against the petitioner son Thilli @ Thillinathan, male aged 26 years s/o.Mahendran who is confined at Central Prison, Puzhal II, Chennai, and set aside the same and direct the respondents to produce the detenu before this Court and set him at liberty. For Petitioner : Mr.Senthilvel 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 mother of the detenu, Thilli @ Thillinathan, son of Mahendran, aged about 26 years, has come https://hcservices.ecourts.gov.in/hcservices/

forward with this petition challenging the detention order passed by the 2nd respondent dated 26.8.2015 against her son branding him as a "Goonda" under the Tamil Nadu Prevention of Dangerous Activities of Bootleggers, Cyber Law Offenders, Drug Offenders, Forest Offenders, Goondas, Immoral Traffic Offenders, Sand Offenders, Sexual 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that the order of detention passed by the 2nd respondent as against the son of the petitioner dated 26.8.2015 has been revoked by the Government in G.O. Rt No.6338, dated 8.10.2015 and he has also produced a copy of the said order.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. Sd/- Assistant Registrar(CS IV) //True Copy// Sub Assistant Registrar To:

1. The Secretary to the Government, Home Prohibition & Excise Department, Secretariat, Chennai - 600 009.

2. The Commissioner of Police, Chennai City.

3. The Public Prosecutor, High Court, Madras.

4. The Superintendent, Central Prison, Puzhal-VI, Chennai.

5. The Joint Secretary to Government, Public (Law & Order), Fort St. George, Chennai-9.

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