K.Rani Bai v. The Secretary To Government

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT MADRAS

Dated: 30.3.2015

CORAM:

THE HONOURABLE MR.JUSTICE M.JAICHANDREN and THE HONOURABLE MS.JUSTICE K.B.K.VASUKI H.C.P.No.2924 of 2014 K.Rani ... Petitioner vs.

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

2. The Commissioner of Police, Chennai Police O/o The Commissioner of Police (Goondas Section), Vepery, Chennai-600 007 ... Respondents Prayer : Petition filed under Article 226 of the Constitution of India praying for issuance of a writ of habeas corpus calling for the records of the detention order made in detention order 19.9.2014 in Memo No.1308/BDFGISSV/2014 passed by the Commissioner of Police, Chennai Police, Office of the Commissioner of Police, (Goondas Section), Vepery, Chennai-600 007 the second respondent herein and set aside the same and direct the respondents to produce the detenu before this Court and set the detenu Karthik Rao s/o.Kannan Rao aged about 29 years at liberty forthwith.

For Petitioner : Mr.S.Madhusudanan For Respondents : Mr.C.Emalias,Addl.P.P.

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O R D E R

The petitioner, who is the mother of the detenu, Karthik Rao, son of Kannan Rao, aged about 29 years, has come forward with this petition challenging the detention order passed by the 2nd respondent dated 19.9.2014 against her son branding him as a "Goonda" under the Tamil Nadu Prevention of Dangerous Activities of Bootleggers, Drug Offenders, Forest Offenders, Goondas, Immoral Traffic Offenders, Sand Offenders, Slum Grabbers and Video Pirates Act, 1982 [Tamil Nadu Act 14 of 1982].

2.The learned Additional Public Prosecutor would submit that the order of detention passed by the 2nd respondent as against the son of the petitioner dated 19.9.2014 has been revoked by the Government in G.O. [Rt] No.6074, dated 19.11.2014 and he has also produced a copy of the said order.

3. Recording the submission of the learned Additional Public Prosecutor, this petition is dismissed as infructuous. Sd/- Assistant Registrar(CS V) //True Copy// Sub Assistant Registrar vsi/lan To

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

2. The Commissioner of Police, Chennai Police O/o The Commissioner of Police (Goondas Section), Vepery, Chennai-600 007

3. The Public Prosecutor, High Court, Chennai.

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