Kuppusamy v. State Of Tamil Nadu

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.349/2015 Kuppusamy ..

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 The Commissioner office, Vepery, Chennai 600 007.

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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 of the 2nd respondent vide the order Memo No.2202/BCDFGISSSV/2014 dated 17.12.2014 and to produce the body of the detenu viz., David @ Davidson, aged about 28 years, son of Johnson, who is presently detained in the Central Prison, Chennai, before this Court and set him at liberty.

For Petitioner .. Mr.M.R.Shiek Abdul Rahim For RR 1 & 2 .. Mr.M.Maharaja, APP

ORDER

(Order of the Court was made by S.TAMILVANAN, J.) The petitioner, who is father of the detenu herein, viz., David @ Davidson, aged about 28 years, has come forward with this petition challenging the detention order passed by the second respondent dated 17.12.2014 against his son 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]. https://hcservices.ecourts.gov.in/hcservices/

2.The learned Additional Public Prosecutor would submit that the order of detention passed by the second respondent as against the son of the petitioner herein dated 17.12.2014 has been revoked by the Government in G.O. [Rt] No.1414, Home, Prohibition & Excise [XIII] Department dated 27.02.2015 and he has also produced a copy of the said order.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.

-s/dAssistant Registrar 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 The Commissioner office, Vepery, Chennai 600 007.

3.The Public Prosecutor, Madras High Court, Madras. 4.The Superintendent of Central Prison, Puzhal, Chennai. H.C.P.No.349/2015 ap(co) aa31/07/2015 https://hcservices.ecourts.gov.in/hcservices/