Madras High CourtHCP/554/2020dismissed as infructuous

Banu Priya v. The State Of Tamilnadu,

2020-09-10Honourable Mr Justice N. Kirubakaran,Honourable Mr Justice P. Velmurugan2 pages

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT MADRAS

DATED : 10.09.2020 CORAM :

THE HONOURABLE MR.JUSTICE N.KIRUBAKARAN AND THE HONOURABLE MR.JUSTICE P.VELMURUGAN H.C.P.No.554 of 2020 Banu Priya ... Petitioner Vs

1. The State of Tamil Nadu rep.by its Additional Chief Secretary to Government Home, Prohibition and Excise Department, Chennai 60 009.

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

... Respondents PRAYER : Writ Petition filed under Article 226 of the Constitution of India praying for issuance of Writ of Habeas Corpus to call for the detention order dated 20.02.2020 made in detention order Memo No.BCDFGISSSV/121/2020 passed by the 2nd respondent herein and quash the same and direct the respondents to produce the body or person of her Husband Karthik & Kathavarayan S/o, Devadoss aged about 38 years branded as Drug Offender and now confined in Central Prison, Puzhal, Chennai before this Court and set him at liberty.

For Petitioner : Mr.P.Sundararajan For Respondents: Mr. R. Prathap Kumar, Additional Public Prosecutor.

O R D E R

(Order of the court was made by N.KIRUBAKARAN.J.,) The matter was heard through "Video Conference". 2.The Petitioner challenges the impugned order of detention in Memo No.121/BCDFGISSSV/2020 dated 20.02.2020 detaining his son as "DRUG OFFENDER", as contemplated under Section 2(e) of the Tamil Nadu Act 14 of 1982.

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3.The learned Additional Public Prosecutor reports that the order of detention passed against the detenu has been revoked by the Government by its order in G.O. Rt. No.1871, Home, Prohibition ane Excise (XIII) Department, dated 23.04.2020 and he has also produced a copy of the Government Order. Recording the same, this Habeas Corpus Petition is dismissed as infructuous.

Sd/- Assistant Registrar //True Copy// Sub Assistant Registrar To

1. The Additional Chief Secretary to Government Home, Prohibition and Excise Department, Chennai 60 009.

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

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

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