Tmt.P.Velankanni v. The Secretary To The
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT MADRAS
DATED: 21.01.2015
CORAM:
THE HONOURABLE MR.JUSTICE M.JAICHANDREN and THE HONOURABLE MRS.JUSTICE ARUNA JAGADEESAN H.C.P.No.2175 of 2014 P.Velankanni .. Petitioner vs.
1.The Secretary to Government Home, Prohibition and Excise Department Secretariat, Chennai 600 009.
2.The Commissioner of Police, Chennai Police, Office of the Commissioner of Police, Egmore, Chennai-8 .. Respondents Prayer : Petition filed under Article 226 of the Constitution of India praying for issuance of a writ of habeas corpus calling for the records leading to the detention of the petitioner's husband Pushpakaran, Son of Palayam, male, aged 34 years has been detained under Act 14/82 as a "Goonda" vide detention order dated 31.07.2014 on the file of the 2nd respondent herein made in No.853/BDFGISSV/2014 and quash the same and consequently direct the respondents herein to produce the body and person of the said detenu before this Court and thereafter set him at liberty from the Central Prison, Puzhal, Chennai.
For Petitioner .. Mr.V.Paarthiban For Respondents.. Mr.C.Emalias,Addl.P.P.
O R D E R
The petitioner, who is the wife of the detenu, Pushpakaran, Son of Palayam, aged about 34 years, has come forward with this petition challenging the detention order passed by the 2nd respondent dated 31.07.2014 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].
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2.The learned Additional Public Prosecutor would submit that the order of detention passed by the 2nd respondent as against the husband of the petitioner dated 31.07.2014 has been revoked by the Government in G.O. [Rt] No.4689, dated 24.09.2014 and he has also produced a copy of the said order.
3. Recording the submission of the learned Additional Public Prosecutor, this petition is dismissed as infructuous. Sd/- Assistant Registrar //True Copy// Sub Assistant Registrar vsi To 1.The Secretary to Government Home, Prohibition and Excise Department Secretariat, Chennai 600 009.
2.The Commissioner of Police, Chennai Police, Office of the Commissioner of Police, Egmore, Chennai-8 3.The Public Prosecutor, High Court, Chennai. H.C.P.No.2175 of 2014 NM(CO) Eu 06.02.15 https://hcservices.ecourts.gov.in/hcservices/