Rajeshwari (F/29) v. The State Represented By Its

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT MADRAS

Dated : 08.01.2018 Coram THE HON'BLE MR.JUSTICE RAJIV SHAKDHER & THE HON'BLE MR.JUSTICE N.SATHISH KUMAR H.C.P.No.2182 of 2017 Rajeshwari ... Petitioner Vs.

The State represented by its 1.The Secretary to the Government (Home) Prohibition and Excise Department Government of Tamil Nadu, Fort St. George, Chennai - 600 009.

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

...Respondents

PRAYER: Petition filed under Article 226 of the Constitution of India, to issue a Writ of Habeas Corpus, calling for the records pertaining to the order of detention dated 24.10.2017 passed by the 2nd respondent in C.M.P.No.12 Goonda/2017 M1 and quash the same and produce the detenue, Gopi @ Gopinath, aged about 40 years, S/o.Jeyapal, has been detained at Central Prison, Salem before this Court and set him at liberty. For Petitioner : Dr.S.Manoharan For Respondents : Mr.V.M.R.Rajentran, Addl. Public Prosecutor.

O R D E R

(Order of the Court was made by RAJIV SHAKDHER, J)

1. The petitioner is the wife of the detenu, namely, Gopi @ Gopinath, S/o.Jeyapal, male, aged about 40 years. The detenu stands detained by the second respondent by virtue of his order bearing C.M.P.No.12 Goonda/2017 M1, dated 24.10.2017, wherein, he has been held to be a "Goonda", within the meaning of Section 2(f) of Tamil Nadu Act 14 of 1982. 1.1. The said order is under challenge in this Habeas Corpus Petition.

2. The learned Additional Public Prosecutor submits that the said order of detention, passed by the second respondent against the husband of the petitioner has been revoked by the Government in G.O.Rt.No.5910, Home, Prohibition & Excise (XIV) Department dated 12.12.2017; a copy of the order has also been produced.

3. The submission of the learned Additional Public Prosecutor, is taken on record. Accordingly, the petition is closed, as the same has been rendered infructuous.

(R.S.A., J.) (N.S.K., J.) 08.01.2018 Index : yes/no vsm

To 1.The Secretary to the Government (Home) Prohibition and Excise Department Government of Tamil Nadu, Fort St. George, Chennai - 600 009.

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

3.The Superintendent, Central Prison, Salem.

4.The Public Prosecutor, Madras High Court, Chennai.

RAJIV SHAKDHER, J.

and N.SATHISH KUMAR, J.

vsm H.C.P.No.2182 of 2017 08.01.2018