Vijayan v. The Secretary To The

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT MADRAS

DATED 15.07.2015

CORAM

THE HONOURABLE DR.JUSTICE S.TAMILVANAN AND THE HONOURABLE MR.JUSTICE C.T.SELVAM H.C.P. No.601 of 2015 Vijayan ... Petitioner -v1.The Secretary to Government, Home Prohibition and Excise Department, Secretariat, Chennai-600 009.

Fort St. George, Chennai-9.

2.The District Collector and District Magistrate, Thiruvannamalai District, Thiruvannamalai.

.. Respondents Habeas Corpus Petition filed under Article 226 of the Constitution of India praying for the issuance of a writ of Habeas Corpus to call for the records in connection with the order of detention passed by the second respondent dated 21.02.2015 in D.O.No.13/2015-C2 against the petitioner's son Murugan, male, aged 24 years, Son of Vijayan, who is confined at Central Prison, Vellore and to set aside the same and direct the respondents to produce the detenu before this Court and to set him at liberty.

For Petitioner :

Mr.D.Balaji For Respondents :

Mr.M.Maharaja Additional Public Prosecutor

O R D E R

(Order of the Court was made by S.TAMILVANAN,J.) The petitioner, who is the father of the detenu Murugan, Son of Vijayan, aged about 24 years, has come forward with this petition challenging the detention order in D.O.No.13/2015-C2, dated 21.02.2015 passed by the second respondent against his son branding him as a "Bootlegger" under the Tamil Nadu Prevention of Dangerous Activities of Bootleggers, Drug Offenders, Forest Offenders, Goondas, Immoral Traffic Offenders, Sand Offenders, Slum Grabbers and Video Pirates Act, 1982 [Tamil Nadu 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that the order of detention passed by the second respondent as against the son of the petitioner dated 21.02.2015 has been revoked by the Government in G.O. [Rt] No.2410, Home, Prohibition & Excise [XI] Department dated 07.04.2015 and he has also produced a copy of the said order.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 (CO) /true copy/ Sub Asst. Registrar To 1.The Secretary to Government, Home Prohibition and Excise Department, Secretariat, Chennai-600 009.

Fort St. George, Chennai-9.

2.The District Collector and District Magistrate, Thiruvannamalai District, Thiruvannamalai.

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

4.The Public Prosecutor, High Court of Madras, Chennai 600 104.

5.The Joint Secretary to Government, Public (Law & Order), Fort St.George, Chennai - 9.

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