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Sampath v. The District Collector And District Magistrate

2019-06-20Honourable Mr Justice M.M.Sundresh,Honourable Mr Justice M. Nirmal Kumar2 pages

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT MADRAS

DATED: 20.06.2019

CORAM

THE HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE M.M.SUNDRESH AND THE HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE M. NIRMAL KUMAR H.C.P. No. 604 of 2019 Sampath ... Petitioner -vs1.The District Collector & District Magistrate, Collectorate Office, Vellore.

2.Government of Tamil Nadu, Rep. By its Secretary, Home, Prohibition and Excise Department, Secretariat, Chennai - 600 009.

3.The Superintendent, Special Prison for Women, Vellore District.

... Respondents Petition filed under Article 226 of the Constitution of India, to issue a Writ of Habeas Corpus calling for the records in Detention Order C3.D.O.No.17/2019 dated 21.02.2019 on the file of the first respondent and quash the same and direct the respondents herein to produce the body of the detenue Ambika, F/A 30 years now confined in Special Prison for Women, Vellore before this Hon'ble Court and set her at liberty. For Petitioner : Ms.S.P.Arthi For Respondents : Mr.R.Prathap Kumar Addl. Public Prosecutor

ORDER

[Order of the Court was made by M.M.SUNDRESH, J.] The petitioner challenges the impugned order of detention in C3.D.O.No.17/2019 dated 21.02.2019, detaining his wife as "Bootlegger", as contemplated under Section 2(b) 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 The learned Additional Public Prosecutor reports that the order of detention passed against the detenue has been revoked by the Government by its order in G.O.Rt.No.1280 Home, Prohibition and Excise (IX) Department, dated 08.04.2019 and he has also produced a copy of the Government Order. Recording the same, this Habeas Corpus Petition stands closed. Sd/- Assistant Registrar(CS III) //True Copy// Sub Assistant Registrar mmi/ssm To:

1.The District Collector & District Magistrate, Collectorate Office, Vellore.

2.The Secretary, Home, Prohibition and Excise Department, Secretariat, Chennai - 600 009.

3.The Superintendent, Special Prison for Women, Vellore District.

4.The Public Prosecutor, High Court, Madras.

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