Poonkudi v. The Secretary To The Government

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT MADRAS

DATED : 19.08.2020 CORAM :

THE HONOURABLE MR.JUSTICE N.KIRUBAKARAN AND THE HONOURABLE MS.JUSTICE V.M.VELUMANI H.C.P.No.232 of 2020 Poonkudi ... Petitioner/Wife of the Detenue Vs 1.The Secretary to the Government, Home, Prohibition and Excise Dept., Secretariat, Chennai - 600 009.

2.District Collector & District Magistrate, Ranipet District, Ranipet - 1. ... Respondents PRAYER : Writ Petition filed under Article 226 of the Constitution of India praying for issuance of Writ of Habeas Corpus calling for the records in connection with the order of Detention passed by the second respondent 25.01.2020 in B3-D.O. No.05/2020 against the petitioner husband Krishnakumar @ Seenivasan, Male 43 years S/o.Balasubramaniyan who is confined at Central Prison, Vellore, and set aside the same and direct the respondents to produce the detenu before the Court and set him at liberty.

For Petitioner : Mr.D.Balaji For Respondents: Mr. R. Prathap Kumar, Additional Public Prosecutor.

O R D E R

(Order of the court was made by N.KIRUBAKARAN.J.,) The matter was heard through "Video Conferencing". 2.The Petitioner challenges the impugned order of detention in B3-D.O. No. 05/2020 dated 25.01.2020 detaining her husband as "Goonda", as contemplated under Section 2(f) of the Tamil Nadu Act 14 of 1982.

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3.The learned Additional Public Prosecutor reports that the order of detention passed against the detenu has been revoked by the Government by its order in G.O. Rt. No.1292, Home, Prohibition ane Excise (IX) Department, dated 13.03.2020 and he has also produced a copy of the Government Order. Recording the same, this Habeas Corpus Petition is dismissed as infructuous. Sd/- Assistant Registrar(CS III) //True Copy// Sub Assistant Registrar To 1.The Secretary to the Government, Home, Prohibition and Excise Dept., Secretariat, Chennai - 600 009.

2.The District Collector & District Magistrate, Ranipet District, Ranipet - 1.

3.The Public Prosecutor, High Court of Madras, Chennai.

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