Sopna v. The Secretary To The

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT MADRAS

DATED : 16.06.2015

CORAM:

THE HONOURABLE DR. JUSTICE S.TAMILVANAN and THE HONOURABLE MR.JUSTICE C.T.SELVAM H.C.P.No.3751 of 2014 Sopna ... Petitioner vs.

1. The Secretary to the Government, Home, Prohibition & Excise Dept., Secretariate, Chennai 600 009.

2. The Commissioner of Police, Greater Chennai, Egmore, Chennai 8.

... Respondents Prayer : Petition filed under Article 226 of the Constitution of India praying for issuance of a writ of habeas corpus to call for the records relating to the detention order passed in No.1736/BDFGHSSSV/2014 dated 07.11.2014 by the second respondent and quash the same and produce the detenu Thiru Balamurugan, Son of Bose, aged about 25 years, now detained in Central Prison, Puzhal, Chennai before this Court and set him at liberty.

For Petitioner :

Mr.B.Nambiselvan For Respondents : Mr.M.Maharaja, Additional Public Prosecutor

ORDER

(Order of the Court was made by S.TAMILVANAN, J.) The petitioner, who is the mother of the detenu, Balamurugan, Son of Bose, 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 https://hcservices.ecourts.gov.in/hcservices/

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that the order of detention passed by the second respondent as against the son of the petitioner dated 07.11.2014 has been revoked by the Government in G.O. [Rt] No.7701, Home, Prohibition & Excise [XIII] Department dated 26.12.2014 and he has also produced a copy of the said order.

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

Sd/- Assistant Registrar(CO) //True Copy// Sub Assistant Registrar msk/cla To

1. The Secretary to the Government, Home, Prohibition & Excise Dept., Secretariate, Chennai 600 009.

2. The Commissioner of Police, Greater Chennai, Egmore, Chennai 8.

3. The Superintendent, Central Prison, Puzhal, Chennai.

4. The Joint Secretary to Government, Public (Law & Order), Fort St. George, Chennai - 9.

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

H.C.P.No.3751 of 2014 KK(CO) CA(29/06/2015) https://hcservices.ecourts.gov.in/hcservices/