Seenu v. The State Of Tamil Nadu

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT MADRAS

DATED 21.07.2015

CORAM

THE HONOURABLE DR.JUSTICE S.TAMILVANAN AND THE HONOURABLE MR.JUSTICE C.T.SELVAM H.C.P. No.700 of 2015 Seenu ... Petitioner -vs1. State of Tamil Nadu Rep. by its Secretary to Government, Home, Prohibition and Excise Department, Secretariat, 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 of the detention order dated 27.02.2015 in detention order D.O.No.15/2015-C2 passed by the second respondent herein and to set aside the same and direct the respondents herein to produce the body of the detenue Tmt.Asha, Wife of Seenu, aged 27 years, who is now confined in Special Prison for Women, Vellore, before this Court and to set her at liberty forthwith.

For Petitioner :

Mr.R.Balakrishnan 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 husband of the detenue Asha, Wife of Seenu, aged about 27 years, has come forward with this petition challenging the detention order in D.O.No.15/2015-C2 dated 27.02.2015 passed by the second respondent against his wife branding her as a "Bootlegger" under the Tamil Nadu Prevention of Dangerous Activities of Bootleggers, Drug Offenders, Forest Offenders, Goondas, Immoral https://hcservices.ecourts.gov.in/hcservices/

Traffic Offenders, Sand Offenders, Slum Grabbers and Video Pirates Act, 1982 [Tamil Nadu 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that the order of detention passed by the second respondent as against the wife of the petitioner dated 27.02.2015 has been revoked by the Government in G.O. [Rt] No.2619, Home, Prohibition & Excise [XI] Department dated 20.04.2015 and he has also produced a copy of the said order.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/- Assistant Registrar(CO) //True Copy// Sub Assistant Registrar kal To

1. State of Tamil Nadu Rep. by its Secretary to Government, Home, Prohibition and Excise Department, Secretariat, Chennai-9

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

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

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

5. The Superintendent, Central Prison for Women, Vellore.

H.C.P. No.700 of 2015 PPA(CO) CA(04/08/2015) https://hcservices.ecourts.gov.in/hcservices/