Tamilmani v. State Rep By
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT MADRAS
DATED : 01.07.2024 CORAM :
THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE M.S.RAMESH AND THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE SUNDER MOHAN Tamilmani ... Petitioner/wife of the detenue Vs.
1.The Secretary to Government , Home, Prohibition and Excise Department, Secretariat, Fort St.George, Chennai - 600 009.
2. The District Collector and District Magistrate, Ranipet, Ranipet District.
3. The Superintendent of Police, Ranipet, Ranipet District.
4. The Superintendent of Prison, Central Prison, Vellore, Vellore District.
5. State rep. by its The Inspector of Police, Kaveripakkam Police Station, Ranipet District.
... Respondents Prayer : Habeas Corpus Petition filed under Article 226 of the Constitution
of India praying for the issuance of a Writ of Habeas Corpus Petition, to call for the records, relating to the petitioner's husband detention under Tamil Nadu Act 14 of 1982 vide detention order, dated 27.02.2024 on the file of the second respondent herein made in proceedings Memo B3/D.O.No.17/2024, quash the same as illegal and consequently direct the respondents herein to produce the petitioner's husband namely Surya, S/o.Prakasam, aged 28 years before this court and set the petitioner's husband at liberty from detention, now the petitioner's husband detained at Central Prison, Vellore.
For Petitioner :
Mr.R.Sasikumar For Respondents :
Mr.A.Gokulakrishnan Additional Public Prosecutor
ORDER
M.S.RAMESH , J.
and SUNDER MOHAN, J.
The petitioner herein is the husband of the detenu viz., Surya, S/o.Prakasam, the detenue, now confined at Central Prison, Vellore, has come forward with this petition challenging the detention order passed by the second respondent dated 27.02.2024 slapped on her husband, branding him as "Drug Offender" 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that the order of detention passed by the second respondent as against the petitioner's son, dated 27.02.2024 has been revoked by the Government in G.O.Rt.No.2076, Home, Prohibition and Excise (IX) Department, dated 08.04.2024 and he has also produced a copy of the said order.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 the same has become infructuous. [M.S.R., J] [S.M., J] 01.07.2024 Anu Internet : Yes Index : Yes / No
M.S.RAMESH , J.
and SUNDER MOHAN, J.
Anu/mp To 1.The Secretary to Government , Home, Prohibition and Excise Department, Secretariat, Fort St.George, Chennai - 600 009.
2. The District Collector and District Magistrate, Ranipet, Ranipet District.
3. The Superintendent of Police, Ranipet, Ranipet District.
4. The Superintendent of Prison, Central Prison, Vellore, Vellore District.
5. The Inspector of Police, Kaveripakkam Police Station, Ranipet District.
6.The Public Prosecutor, High Court, Madras.
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