Nandhini v. The Secretary To The

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT MADRAS

DATED 28.07.2015

CORAM

THE HONOURABLE DR.JUSTICE S.TAMILVANAN AND THE HONOURABLE MR.JUSTICE C.T.SELVAM H.C.P. No.864 of 2015 Nandhini ... Petitioner -v1.The Secretary to the Government, Home, Prohibition and Excise Department, Secretariat, Chennai-600 009.

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

... 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 pertaining to the detention order passed in BCDFGISSSV No.214/2015 dated 10.03.2015 on the file of the second respondent herein and to set aside the same and to direct the respondents herein to produce the detenu Raja @ Kozhi Raja, S/o.Devaraj, aged about 28 years, who is confined in Central Prison, Puzhal, Chennai before this Court and to set him at liberty.

For Petitioner :

Mr.K.S.Kaviarasu 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 wife of the detenu Raja @ Kozhi Raja, S/o.Devaraj, aged about 28 years, has come forward with this petition challenging the detention order in BCDFGISSSV No.214/2015 dated 10.03.2015 passed by the second respondent 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 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the order of detention passed by the second respondent as against the husband of the petitioner dated 10.03.2015 has been revoked by the Government in G.O. [Rt] No.3002, Home, Prohibition & Excise [X] https://hcservices.ecourts.gov.in/hcservices/

Department dated 05.05.2015 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 True Copy Sub Assistant Registrar vga To 1.The Secretary to the Government, Home, Prohibition and Excise Department, Secretariat, Chennai-600 009.

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

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

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

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

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