Eswari v. The Secretary To The

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.421/2015 Eswari .. Petitioner vs.

1.The Secretary to the Government Home, Prohibition & Excise Department Secretariat, Chennai 600 009.

2.The Commissioner of Police, Chennai Police, Chennai.

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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 in connection with the order of detention passed by the 2nd respondent dated 31.12.2014 in BCDFGISSV No.2306/2014 against the husband of the petitioner, detenu Raj @ Bun Raji, M/A 45, son of Subramani, who is confined at Central Prison, Puzhal, Chennai and to set aside the same and consequently direct the respondents to produce the detenu before this Court and set him at his liberty. For Petitioner .. Mr.K.S.Kaviarasu For Respondents.. Mr.M.Maharaja, APP

ORDER

(Order of the Court was made by S.TAMILVANAN, J.) The petitioner, who is wife of the detenu herein, viz., Raj @ Bun Raji, M/A 45, son of Subramani, has come forward with this petition challenging the detention order passed by the second respondent dated 31.12.2014 against her husband 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 https://hcservices.ecourts.gov.in/hcservices/

husband of the petitioner herein dated 31.12.2014 has been revoked by the Government in G.O. [Rt] No.1761, Home, Prohibition & Excise [X] Department dated 09.03.2015 and he has also produced a copy of the said order.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/- Asst.Registrar (CS II ) /true copy/ Sub Asst. Registrar AP To 1.The Secretary to the Government Home, Prohibition & Excise Department Secretariat, Chennai 600 009.

2.The Commissioner of Police, Chennai Police, Chennai.

3.The Superintendent Central Prison, Puzhal, Chennai.

4.The Public Prosecutor, Madras High Court, Madras.

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