Vijaya v. State Rep By
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT MADRAS
DATED: 10.08.2021 Coram THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE P.N.PRAKASH and THE HONOURABLE MS. JUSTICE R.N.MANJULA H.C.P.No.473 of 2021 Vijaya W/o.Mariappan .. Petitioner Vs.
1. The State of Tamil Nadu, represented by its Secretary to Government, Home, Prohibition and Excise Department, Fort St.George, Chennai - 9.
2. The Commissioner of Police, Salem City.
3. The Superintendent, Central Prison, Salem - 636 007.
4. The Inspector of Police, Karuppur Police Station, Salem City, Salem District.
Crime No.91 of 2021 .. Respondents Habeas Corpus Petition filed under Article 226 of the Constitution of India praying to issue a writ of Habeas Corpus calling for the entire records relating to the detention order passed by the second respondent in C.M.P.No.8/Goonda/Salem City/2021 dated 08.03.2021 and quash the same and produce the detenu Mariappan S/o.Muthu Udayar, aged about 53 years, who is now confined at Central Prison, Salem, before this Court and set him at liberty.
For Petitioner :
Mr.B.Vasudevan For Respondents :
Mr.R.Muniyapparaj Government Advocate [Crl.side]
O R D E R
[Order of the Court was made by P.N.PRAKASH, J] The petitioner is the wife of the detenu viz., Mariappan S/o.Muthu Udayar, aged about 53 years. The detenu has been detained by the second respondent by his order in C.M.P.No.8/Goonda/Salem City/2021 dated 08.03.2021, holding him to be a "Goonda", as contemplated under Section 2(f) of Tamil Nadu Act 14 of 1982. The said order is under challenge in this Habeas Corpus Petition.
2. Learned Government Advocate [Crl.side] would submit that the detention order passed against the detenu in C.M.P.No.8/Goonda/Salem City/2021 dated 08.03.2021, on the file of the second respondent is revoked vide G.O.Rt.No.1846, Home, Prohibition and Excise (XIV) Department, dated 19.04.2021 and produced a copy of the said order.
In view of the above, this petition is closed as it has become infructuous.
Sd/- Assistant Registrar(CS-V) // True Copy// Sub Assistant Registrar gm To
1. The Secretary to Government, Home, Prohibition and Excise Department, Fort St.George, Chennai - 9.
2. The Commissioner of Police, Salem City.
3. The Superintendent, Central Prison, Salem - 636 007.
4. The Inspector of Police, Karuppur Police Station, Salem City, Salem District.
5. The Joint Secretary to Government of Tamil Nadu, Public, Law and Order Department, Secretariat, Chennai - 9.
6. The Public Prosecutor, High Court, Madras.
H.C.P.No.473 of 2021 RR(CO) SU(27/08/2021)