Saroja v. The Secretary To The

In the High Court of Judicature at Madras Dated: 22.03.2015 Coram:

THE HONOURABLE MR.JUSTICE S.NAGAMUTHU and THE HONOURABLE MR.JUSTICE M.SATHYANARAYANAN H.C.P.No.2582 of 2015 Saroja .. Petitioner vs.

1.The Secretary to Government, Department of Prohibition and Excise(Home), Secretariat, Chennai-600 009 2.The Commissioner of Police, Chennai City ..

Respondents Prayer : Petition filed under Article 226 of the Constitution of India praying for issuance of a writ of habeas corpus to call for the records in connection with the order of detention passed by the second respondent dated 22.09.2015, in Memo No.993/BDFGISSV/2015, against the petitioner grand son Logu @ Yogaraj, male aged 25 years, S/o.Kumar, 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.S.Senthil Vel For Respondents .. Mr.A.N.Thambidurai, Additional Public Prosecutor

O R D E R

(The order of the Court was made by S.NAGAMUTHU.,J ) The petitioner, who is the grandmother of the detenu, Mr.Logu @ Yogaraj, Son of Mr.Kumar, aged about 25 years, has come forward with this petition challenging the detention order passed by the 2nd respondent, dated 22.09.2015, against her grandson branding him as a "Goonda" under the Tamil Nadu Prevention of Dangerous Activities of Bootleggers, Drug Offenders, Forest Offenders, Goondas, Immoral Traffic Offenders, https://hcservices.ecourts.gov.in/hcservices/

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the order of detention passed by the 2nd respondent as against the grandson of the petitioner, dated 22.09.2015, has been revoked by the Government in G.O. [Rt] No.7299, dated 18.11.2015, and he has also produced a copy of the said order.

3. Recording the submission of the learned Additional Public Prosecutor, this habeas corpus petition is dismissed as infructuous.

-s/dAssistant Registrar True Copy Sub-Assistant Registrar To 1.The Secretary to Government, Department of Prohibition and Excise(Home), Fort St.George, Chennai-600 009 2.The Commissioner of Police, Chennai City

3. The Superintendent Central Prison, Puzhal-II Chennai 4.The Public Prosecutor, High Court, Madras.

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