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Madras High CourtHCP/170/2024dismissed as infructuous

Chandran v. State Of Tamilnadu, Rep. By

2024-04-16Honourable Mr Justice M.S. Ramesh,Honourable Mr Justice Sunder Mohan4 pages

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT MADRAS

DATED : 16.04.2024 CORAM :

THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE M.S. RAMESH AND THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE SUNDER MOHAN H.C.P.No.170 of 2024 Chandran ... Petitioner Vs.

1.State of Tamil Nadu Rep. by the Additional Chief Secretary, Home, Prohibition and Excise Department, Fort St.George, Chennai - 600 009.

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

3.The Inspector of Police, Team 28, Job Racket Prevention Wing, CCB-I, Chennai.

4.The Superintendent of Prison, Special Prison for Women, Puzhal, Chennai - 600 066.

... Respondents

PRAYER: Petition filed under Article 226 of the Constitution of India to issue a writ of Habeas Corpus, calling for the records relating to the detention order in Memo No.669/BCDFGISSSV/2023 dated 16.12.2023 passed by the 2nd respondent under the Tamil Nadu Act 14 of 1982 and set aside the same and direct the respondents to produce the petitioner's wife Tmt.Renuga, W/o.Chandran, aged about 60 years, the detenue, now confined in Special Prison for Women, Puzhal, Chennai, before this Court and set the petitioner's wife Tmt.Renuga, W/o.Chandran, aged about 60 years, the detenue herein at liberty.

For Petitioner : Mr.R.Muthukumar For Respondents : Mr.E.Raj Thilak, Additional Public Prosecutor assisted by Mr.C. Aravind

ORDER

M.S.RAMESH, J.

AND SUNDER MOHAN , J.

When the matter was taken up for hearing, the learned counsel for the petitioner, as well as the learned Additional Public Prosecutor appearing for the respondents, by producing a copy of the Government Order in G.O.Rt.No.591, Home, Prohibition and Excise (XIII) Department, dated 31.01.2024, submitted that the detention order has already been revoked.

2. Recording the said submission, this Habeas Corpus Petition stands dismissed as infructuous.

[M.S.R., J] [S.M., J] 16.04.2024 Index: Yes/No Sni To 1.The Additional Chief Secretary, Home, Prohibition and Excise Department, Fort St.George, Chennai - 600 009.

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

3.The Inspector of Police, Team 28, Job Racket Prevention Wing, CCB-I, Chennai.

4.The Superintendent of Prison, Special Prison for Women, Puzhal, Chennai - 600 066.

5.The Public Prosecutor, High Court, Madras.

M.S.RAMESH, J.

and SUNDER MOHAN, J.

Sni H.C.P.No.170 of 2024 16.04.2024