P. Arumugam v. State Rep. By Secretary To

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT MADRAS

DATED : 8.3.2016

CORAM

THE HONOURABLE MR.JUSTICE M.JAICHANDREN and THE HONOURABLE MR.JUSTICE S.NAGAMUTHU H.C.P.No.2449 of 2015 P.Arumugam ..

Petitioner/Father of the Detenue Vs.

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

2. The Commissioner of Police Chennai Police Egmore, Chennai .. Respondents Petition filed under Article 226 of the Constitution of India, praying to issue a Writ of Habeas Corpus calling for the records in Memo No.873/BCDFGISSSV/2015 passed by the 2nd respondent on 7.9.2015 set aside the same and direct the respondents to produce the Murugan son of Arumugam, aged 24 years, who is now detained in Central Prison, Puzhal, Chennai66, before this Court and set him at liberty. For Petitioner : Mr.S.Swamidoss Manokaran 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 father of the detenu, Murugan, son of Arumugam, aged about 24 years, has come forward with this petition challenging the detention order passed by the 2nd respondent dated 7.9.2015 against his 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].

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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submit that the order of detention passed by the 2nd respondent as against the son of the petitioner dated 7.9.2015 has been revoked by the Government in G.O.Rt. No.6781, dated 28.10.2015 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(Admin I) //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 Police, Egmore, Chennai.

3. The Public Prosecutor, High Court, Madras.

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

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

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