Vani v. The Secretary To Government

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.733 of 2015 Vani ... Petitioner -v1. The Secretary to the Government, Home, Prohibition and Excise Department, Fort St. George, Secretariat, Chennai-9

2. The Commissioner of Police, Greater Chennai, Vepery, Chennai-600 007.

... 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 in No.BCDFGISSSV/205/2015 dated 28.02.2015 against the petitioner's brother-in-law, the detenu herein, now confined at Central Prison, Vellore and to set aside the same and direct the respondents to produce the detenu Mayakannan @ Kannan, Son of Alagarsamy, aged about 34 years, before this Court and to set him at liberty forthwith.

For Petitioner :

Mr.A.Nirmal Kumar 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 sister-in-law of the detenu Mayakannan @ Kannan, male aged 34 years, Son of Alagarsamy, has come forward with this petition challenging the detention order in BCDFGISSSV No.205/2015 dated 28.02.2015 passed by the second respondent against her brother-in-law branding him as a "Goonda" under the Tamil Nadu https://hcservices.ecourts.gov.in/hcservices/

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]. 2.The learned Additional Public Prosecutor would submit that the order of detention passed by the second respondent as against the brother-in-law of the petitioner dated 28.02.2015 has been revoked by the Government in G.O. [Rt] No.2694, Home, Prohibition & Excise [XIII] Department dated 22.04.2015 and he has also produced a copy of the said order.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. The Secretary to the Government, Home, Prohibition and Excise Department, Fort St. George, Secretariat, Chennai-9

2. The Commissioner of Police, Greater Chennai, Vepery, Chennai-600 007.

3. The Superintendent, Central Prison, Vellore.

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

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

H.C.P. No.733 of 2015 KJI(CO) CA(03/08/2015) https://hcservices.ecourts.gov.in/hcservices/