Mrs.Amul v. The State Of Tamil Nadu

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT MADRAS

DATED : 23.06.2015

CORAM:

THE HONOURABLE DR.JUSTICE S.TAMILVANAN and THE HONOURABLE MR.JUSTICE C.T.SELVAM H.C.P.No.36 of 2015 Amul .. Petitioner vs.

1.The State of Tamil Nadu rep. By its Secretary to Government, Home, Prohibition and Excise Department, Fort St. George, Chennai - 9.

2.The Commissioner of Police, Egmore, Chennai - 8.

.. Respondents Petition filed under Article 226 of the Constitution of India praying for issuance of a writ of habeas corpus to call for the records relating to the impugned detention order made in Memo No.1988/BDFGISSV/2014 dated 28.11.2014 on the file of the second respondent herein and quash the same as illegal and direct the respondents to produce the detenu Vela @ Velakanni, son of Balakrishnan, aged about 35 years residing at No.1725, Dr.Ambedkar Nagar, Adambakkam, Chennai - 88, now confined at Central Prison, Puzhal, Chennai before this Court and set him at liberty. For Petitioner .. Mr.T.Arul For Respondents ..

Mr.M.Maharaja, Addl. Public Prosecutor

ORDER

(Order of the Court was made by S.TAMILVANAN, J.) The petitioner, who is the wife of the detenu - Vela @ Velakanni, son of Balakrishnan, aged about 35 years, has come forward with this petition challenging the detention order passed by the second respondent dated 28.11.2014 against the detenu branding him as a "Goonda" under the Tamil Nadu Prevention of https://hcservices.ecourts.gov.in/hcservices/

Dangerous Activities of Bootleggers, Drug Offenders, Forest Offenders, Goondas, Immoral Traffic Offenders, Sand Offenders, Slum Grabbers and Video Pirates Act, 1982.

2.The learned Additional Public Prosecutor would submit that the order of detention passed by the second respondent as against the detenu dated 28.11.2014 has been revoked by the Government in G.O. [Rt] No.1048, Home, Prohibition and Excise (X) Department dated 16.02.2015 and he has also produced a copy of the said order.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 closed as the same has become infructuous.

Sd/- Asst.Registrar (CS III ) /true copy/ Sub Asst. Registrar mmi To 1.The Secretary to Government, Home, Prohibition and Excise Department, Fort St. George, Chennai - 9.

2.The Commissioner of Police, Egmore, Chennai - 8.

3.The Superintendent, Central Prison, Puzhal, Chennai.

4.The Public Prosecutor, High Court, Madras.

5. The Joint Secretary to Government Public (law and order) Fort Saint George, Chennai-9 H.C.P.No.36 of 2015 GJ (CO) kk 3/7 https://hcservices.ecourts.gov.in/hcservices/