Baktha v. The State Of Tamil Nadu

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT MADRAS

DATED 14.07.2015

CORAM

THE HONOURABLE DR.JUSTICE S.TAMILVANAN AND THE HONOURABLE MR.JUSTICE C.T.SELVAM H.C.P. No.309 of 2015 Baktha ... mother of the detano -v1.The State of Tamil Nadu, Rep.by its Secretary to Government, Home, Prohibition and Excise Department, Fort St.George, Chennai 600 009.

2.The District Collector and The District Magistrate, Vellore District, Vellore.

... Respondents Habeas Corpus Petition filed under Article 226 of the Constitution of India praying for the issuance of a writ of Habeas Corpus calling for the records in C3.D.O.No.02/2015 on the file of the second respondent and to quash the order of detention dated 05.01.2015 and to direct the production of the detenu detained in Central Prison, Vellore, under the Act 14 of 1982 before this Court and to set the detenu Mani, male, aged 57 years, son of Govindan at liberty. For Petitioner :

Mr.T.Dharani For Respondents :

Mr.M.Maharaja Additional Public Prosecutor

O R D E R

(Order of the Court was made by S.TAMILVANAN,J.) The petitioner, who is the wife of the detenu Mani, male, aged 57 years, son of Govindan, has come forward with this petition challenging the detention order in C3.D.O.No.02/2015 dated 05.01.2015 passed by the second respondent against her husband branding him as a "Goonda" under the Tamil Nadu Prevention of Dangerous Activities of Bootleggers, Drug Offenders, Forest Offenders, "Bootlegger", Immoral Traffic Offenders, Sand 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the order of detention passed by the second respondent as against the husband of the petitioner dated 05.01.2015 has been revoked by the Government in G.O. [Rt] No.1637, Home, Prohibition & Excise [X] Department dated 05.03.2015 and he has also produced a copy of the said order.

3. Recording the submission of the learned Additional Public Prosecutor, this petition is closed as the same has become infructuous.

Sd/- Asst.Registrar (CS II ) /true copy/ Sub Asst. Registrar To

1. The Secretary to Government, Home, Prohibition and Excise Department, Fort St.George, Chennai 600 009.

2. The District Collector and The District Magistrate, Vellore District, Vellore.

3. The Public Prosecutor, High Court of Madras, Chennai 600 104.

4. The Superintendent, Central Prison, Vellore.

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