Mrs.S.Vasanthi v. The Secretary To Government

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT MADRAS

DATED : 06.03.2018

CORAM:

THE HONOURABLE MR.JUSTICE C.T.SELVAM and THE HONOURABLE MR.JUSTICE N.SATHISH KUMAR H.C.P.No.2391/2017 Mrs.S.Vasanthi .. Petitioner vs.

1.The Secretary to Government Home, Prohibition & Excise Department Secretariat, Fort St George, Chennai 600 009. 2.The Commissioner of Police EVK Sampath road, 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 entire records relting to the impugned order of detention passed by the 2nd respondent in memo No. BCDFGISSSV No.705/2017 dated 09.11.2017 and set aside the same and consequently, direct the respondents to produce the detenu Sujith @ Prashanth, son of Surendran, petitioner's son now confined at Central Prison, Puzhal, Chennai before this Court and set him at liberty forthwith.

For Petitioner .. Mr.JV.Sathyanarayanan For Respondents .. Mr.R.Prathap Kumar, APP

ORDER

(Order of the Court was made by C.T.SELVAM, J.) Petitioner, mother of the detenu herein, viz., Sujith @ Prashanth, son of Surendran, aged 27 years, has come forward with this petition challenging the detention order passed by the second respondent dated 09.11.2017 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].

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2.The learned Additional Public Prosecutor would submit that the order of detention passed by the second respondent as against the son of the petitioner herein dated 09.11.2017, has been revoked by the Government in G.O.Rt.No.6037 Home, Prohibition & Excise [XIII] Department dated 22.12.2017 and he has also produced a copy of the said order.

3.Recording the submission of the learned Additional Public Prosecutor, this petition is closed as the same has become infructuous.

-s/dAssistant Registrar True Copy Sub-Assistant Registrar AP To 1.The Secretary to Government Home, Prohibition & Excise Department Secretariat, Fort St George, Chennai 600 009. 2.The Commissioner of Police EVK Sampath Road, Chennai 600 007.

3.The Public Prosecutor, Madras High Court, Madras. 4.The Superintendent, Central Prison, Puzhal, Chennai. H.C.P.No.2391/2017 AK(CO) KP(23/03/2018) https://hcservices.ecourts.gov.in/hcservices/