Elayee v. The Secretary To Government

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT MADRAS

DATED : 28.04.2015

CORAM:

THE HONOURABLE DR.JUSTICE S.TAMILVANAN and THE HONOURABLE MR.JUSTICE B.RAJENDRAN H.C.P.No.3346 of 2014 Elayee ..

Petitioner vs.

1.The Secretary to Government Home Prohibition & Excise Department, Fort St. George, Chennai-9.

2.The Commissioner of Police, Greater Chennai, Vepery, Chennai-600 007.

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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 in connection with the order of detention passed by the second respondent dated 07.11.2014 in BDFGISSV No.1732/2014 against the petitioner's son the detenu herein, now confined at Central Prison, Puzhal, Chennai and set aside the same and direct the respondents to produce the detenu Logu @ Loganathan, son of Ponmudi, aged about 25 years before this Court and set him at liberty. For Petitioner .. Mr.T.V.Somasundaram For RR 1 & 2 .. Mr.M.Maharaja, APP

ORDER

(Order of the Court was made by S.TAMILVANAN, J.) The petitioner, who is mother of the detenu herein, viz., Logu @ Loganathan, son of Ponmudi, aged about 25 years, has come forward with this petition challenging the detention order passed by the second respondent dated 07.11.2014 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 Piracy Act 1982 [Act 14 of 1982].

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the order of detention passed by the second respondent as against the son of the petitioner herein dated 07.11.2014 has been revoked by the Government in G.O. [Rt] No.7179, Home, Prohibition & Excise [XIII] Department dated 22.12.2014 and he has also produced a copy of the said order.

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

Sd/- Assistant Registrar //True Copy// Sub Assistant Registrar paa To 1.The Secretary to Government Home Prohibition & Excise Department, Fort St. George, Chennai-9.

2.The Commissioner of Police, Greater Chennai, Vepery, Chennai-600 007.

3.The Public Prosecutor, Madras High Court, Madras.

4.The Superintendent of Central Prison, Puzhal, Chennai.

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