Pathma v. The Secretary To Government

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT MADRAS

DATED: 18.06.2019 Coram The Hon'ble Mr. Justice M.M.SUNDRESH and The Hon'ble Mr. Justice M. NIRMAL KUMAR H.C.P. No. 501 of 2019 Pathma ... Petitioner -vs1.State Rep by:

The Secretary to the Government, Home, Prohibition and Excise Department, Fort St. George,Chennai - 600 009.

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

... Respondents Petition filed under Article 226 of the Constitution of India, to issue a Writ of Habeas Corpus to call for the records in C.M.P.No.9/Goonda/C2/2019 dated 26.02.2019 on the file of the second respondent and quash the detention as illegal and direct the respondents to produce the detenu Thiru Kannan @ Mayakkannan, S/o. Govindaraj, aged 32 years, now confined in Central Prison, Salem, before this Hon'ble Court and set him at liberty.

For Petitioner : Mr.S.Rajanikanth For Respondents :

Mr.C.Iyyappa Raj Addl.

Public Prosecutor

ORDER

[Order of the Court was made by M.M.SUNDRESH, J.] The petitioner challenges the impugned order of detention in C.M.P.No.9/Goonda/C2/2019 dated 26.02.2019, detaining her husband as "Goonda", as contemplated under Section 2(f) of the Tamil Nadu Act 14 of 1982.

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2. The learned Additional Public Prosecutor reports that the order of detention passed against the detenu has been revoked by the Government by its order in G.O.Rt.No.1445 Home, Prohibition and Excise (XIV) Department, dated 25.04.2019 and he has also produced a copy of the Government Order. Recording the same, this Habeas Corpus Petition stands closed.

Sd/- Assistant Registrar(CS IX) //True Copy// Sub Assistant Registrar To:

1.The Secretary to Government, Home, Prohibition and Excise Department, Chennai - 600 009.

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

3.The Superintendent, Central Prison, Salem.

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

5.The Public Prosecutor, High Court, Madras.

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