C.Raj v. The Secretary To Government
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT MADRAS
DATED : 13.07.2015
CORAM:
THE HONOURABLE DR.JUSTICE S.TAMILVANAN and THE HONOURABLE MR.JUSTICE C.T.SELVAM H.C.P.No.338/2015 C.Raj ... Petitioner vs.
1. The Secretary to Government State of Tamil Nadu Home, Prohibition & Excise Department Fort St George, Chennai 600 009.
2. The Commissioner of Police Chennai City Police, O/o.The Commissioner of Police, Vepery, Chennai 600 008.
... Respondents Prayer : Petition filed under Article 226 of the Constitution of India praying for issuance of a writ of habeas corpus calling for the records relating to the detention order vide Memo No.2311/BCDFGISSSV/2014 dated 31.12.2014 passed by the 2nd respondent and set aside the same and direct the respondents to produce the body of the detenu Govindan @ Kozhikadai Govindan, son of Veeraraghavan, aged about 36 years, now confined in Central Prison, Puzhal, before this Court and set him at liberty forthwith.
For Petitioner : Mr.M.Mohamed Yasin For RR 1 & 2 : Mr.M.Maharaja, Additional Public Prosecutor
ORDER
(Order of the Court was made by S.TAMILVANAN, J.) The petitioner, who is the cousin brother of the detenu herein, viz., Govindan @ Kozhikadai Govindan, son of Veeraraghavan, has come forward with this petition challenging the detention order passed by https://hcservices.ecourts.gov.in/hcservices/
the second respondent dated 31.12.2014 against his cousin brother branding him as a "Goonda" under the Tamil Nadu Prevention of Dangerous Activities of Bootleggers, Drug Offenders, Forest Offenders, Goondas, Immoral Traffic Offenders, Sand Offenders, Slum Grabbers and Video Piracy Act 1982 [Act 14 of 1982]. 2.The learned Additional Public Prosecutor would submit that the order of detention passed by the second respondent as against the cousin brother of the petitioner herein dated 31.12.2014 has been revoked by the Government in G.O. [Rt] No.1732, Home, Prohibition & Excise [XIII] Department dated 09.03.2015 and he has also produced a copy of the said order.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/- Assistant Registrar(CS II) //True Copy// Sub Assistant Registrar AP To
1. The Secretary to Government State of Tamil Nadu Home, Prohibition & Excise Department Fort St George, Chennai 600 009.
2. The Commissioner of Police Chennai City Police, O/o.The Commissioner of Police, Vepery, Chennai 600 008.
3. The Public Prosecutor, Madras High Court, Madras.
4. The Superintendent of Central Prison, Puzhal, Chennai.
H.C.P.No.338/2015 KM(CO) CA(29/07/2015) https://hcservices.ecourts.gov.in/hcservices/