Selvi, 41 Yrs, v. State Of Tamilnadu Rep By,
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT MADRAS
DATED : 23.07.2018
CORAM
THE HONOURABLE DR. JUSTICE S.VIMALA AND THE HONOURABLE MRS. JUSTICE R.HEMALATHA Habeas Corpus Petition No.461 of 2018 Selvi .. Petitioner /Mother of the Detenu - Vs -
1. State of Tamil Nadu, Rep. by the Secretary, Home, Prohibition and Excise Department, Fort St. George, Chennai - 600 009.
2. The Commissioner of Police, The Greater Chennai City, Vepery, Chennai 600 007 .. Respondents Petition filed for the issuance of a writ of habeas corpus to call for the records on the file of the 2nd respondent passed in Memo No.09/BCDFGISSSV/2018, dated 10.01.2018 relating to the detention of Rajkumar @ Raj, S/o.Thangaraj, aged about 22 years, confined in Central Prison, Puzhal, Chennai, and direct the respondents to produce the body of the detenu, before this Hon'ble Court and to set him at liberty.
For Petitioner : Mr. D.Gopi Krishnan For Respondents: Mr. R.Prathap Kumar, Additional Public Prosecutor
O R D E R
(Order of the Court was made by S.Vimala, J.,) The present habeas corpus petition has been preferred by the petitioner challenging the detention order dated 10.01.2018 passed by the 2nd respondent in and by which the 2nd respondent detained the detenu, Rajkumar @ Raj, S/o.Thangaraj, aged about 22 years, branding him as a 'Goonda' under Section 3 (1) of Tamil Nadu Act 14 of 1982 with a view to preventing him from acting prejudicial to the interest of public health and public order.
2. When the matter is taken up today, learned Additional Public Prosecutor appearing for the respondents submit that the detention order impugned above has been revoked by the Government. A copy of the order of revocation in G.O. Rt. https://hcservices.ecourts.gov.in/hcservices/
No.915, Home, Prohibition & Excise (X) Department, dated 12.03.2018 is produced before this Court.
3. Recording the said revocation, nothing survives for adjudication in this petition and, accordingly, this habeas corpus petition is closed.
Sd/- Assistant Registrar(CCC) //True Copy// Sub Assistant Registrar srk To
1. The Secretary, State of Tamil Nadu, Home, Prohibition and Excise Department, Fort St. George, Chennai - 600 009.
2. The Commissioner of Police, The Greater Chennai City, Vepery, Chennai 600 007.
3. The Superintendent, Central Prison, Puzhal, Chennai.
4. The Joint Secretary to Government Public (Law & order), Fort St. George, Chennai-9.
5. The Public Prosecutor, High Court, Madras. H.C.P.No.461 of 2018 GJII(CO) EU(20/08/2018) https://hcservices.ecourts.gov.in/hcservices/