R.Mamtha v. The Principal Secretary To

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.979 of 2015 R.Mamtha ... Petitioner -v1.The Principal Secretary to Government, Home, Prohibition and Excise Department, Government of Tamil Nadu, Secretariat, Chennai-600 009.

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

3.The Inspector of Police, Mathigiri Circle, Hosur.

... 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 S.C. No.17/2015 dated 27.03.2015 on the file of the second respondent herein and to set aside the same and to direct the respondents herein to produce the detenu S.Ravindar Reddy, S/o.Siddha Reddy, aged about 53 years, who is confined in Central Prison, Salem before this Court and to set him at liberty.

For Petitioner :

Mr.V.Veluchamy 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 S.Ravindar Reddy, S/o.Siddha Reddy, aged about 53 years, has come forward with this petition challenging the detention order in S.C. No.17/2015 dated 27.03.2015 passed by the second respondent against her husband https://hcservices.ecourts.gov.in/hcservices/

branding him as a "Sand Offender" 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the order of detention passed by the second respondent as against the husband of the petitioner dated 27.03.2015 has been revoked by the Government in G.O. [Rt] No.3180, Home, Prohibition & Excise [XV] Department dated 11.05.2015 and he has also produced a copy of the said order.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/- Asst.Registrar (LA ) /true copy/ Sub Asst. Registrar vga To 1.The Principal Secretary to Government, Home, Prohibition and Excise Department, Government of Tamil Nadu, Secretariat, Chennai-600 009.

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

3.The Inspector of Police, Mathigiri Circle, Hosur.

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

5.The Superintendent of Central Prison, Salem.

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