Roselin Nirmalarani v. The Additional Chief Secretary To Government

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT MADRAS

DATED : 25.08.2020 CORAM :

THE HONOURABLE MR.JUSTICE N.KIRUBAKARAN AND THE HONOURABLE MS.JUSTICE V.M.VELUMANI H.C.P.No.279 of 2020 Roselin Nirmalarani ... Petitioner/Wife of the Detenue Vs 1.The Additional Chief Secretary to Government, Home, Prohibition and Excise Department, Fort St.George, Chennai - 600 009.

2.The District Collector/ District Magistrate, Villupuram District Collector Office, Villupuram.

...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 on the file of the 2nd respondent in detention order Rc.No.C2/35777/2019 dated 08.01.2020 and direct the respondents to produce the detenu namely Saravanan @ Kottai Saravanan, male aged 36 years, son of Shankar, now confined at Central Prison, Cuddalore before this Court and quash and set aside the same and set the petitioner's husband at liberty.

For Petitioner : Mr.M.Selvam.

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 Conference". 2.The Petitioner challenges the impugned order of detention in Rc.No.C2/35777/2019 dated 08.01.2020 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3.The learned Additional Public Prosecutor reports that the order of detention passed against the detenu has been revoked by the Government by its order in G.O. Rt.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.798, Home, Prohibition ane Excise (XIV) Department, dated 17.02.2020 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-IV) //True copy// Sub Assistant Registrar ay To 1.The Additional Chief Secretary to Government, Home, Prohibition and Excise Department, Fort St.George, Chennai - 600 009.

2.The District Collector/ District Magistrate, Villupuram District Collector Office, Villupuram.

3. The Superintendent of Police, Central Prison, Cuddalore District.

4. The Joint Registrar Public (Law and Order) Department, Fort St George, Chennai-9.

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

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