Lakshmanan v. The Secretary To The Government,

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT MADRAS

DATED : 24.06.2024 CORAM :

THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE M.S. RAMESH THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE SUNDER MOHAN Lakshmanan ... Petitioner Vs.

1.The Secretary to the Government Home, Prohibition and Excise Department Secretariat Chennai 600 009 2.District Collector & District Magistrate Thiruvarur District O/o.District Collector Thiruvarur District 3.The Superintendent of Police O/o. Superintendent of Police Thiruvarur District 4.The Superintendent of Prison Central Prison Trichy Trichy District 5.The Inspector of Police Koothanalur Police Station Thiruvarur District ... Respondents

PRAYER: Petition filed under Article 226 of the Constitution of India to issue a writ of Habeas Corpus, calling for the entire records connected with the detention order in No.C.O.C.No.01/2024 dated 12.02.2024 on the file of the Respondent No.2 and quash the same and direct the respondents to produce the body and person of petitioner's friend one named Mr.Ganeshan @ Ganesh, aged about 20 years, now confined at Central Prison, Trichy before this Court and set him at liberty forthwith. For Petitioner : Mr.P.Muthamizh Selvakumar For Respondents : Mr.A.Gokulakrishnan Additional Public Prosecutor

ORDER

M.S.RAMESH, J.

SUNDER MOHAN , J.

When the matter was taken up for hearing, the learned counsel for the petitioner, as well as the learned Additional Public Prosecutor appearing for the respondents, by producing a copy of the Government Order in G.O.Rt.No.1613, Home, Prohibition and Excise (XV) Department, dated 18.03.2024, submitted that the detention order has already been revoked.

2. Recording the said submission, this Habeas Corpus Petition stands dismissed as infructuous.

[M.S.R., J] [S.M., J] 24.06.2024 Index: Yes/No kas To 1.The Secretary to the Government Home, Prohibition and Excise Department Secretariat Chennai 600 009 2.District Collector & District Magistrate Thiruvarur District O/o.District Collector Thiruvarur District 3.The Superintendent of Police O/o. Superintendent of Police Thiruvarur District 4.The Superintendent of Prison Central Prison Trichy Trichy District 5.The Inspector of Police Koothanalur Police Station Thiruvarur District

M.S.RAMESH, J.

SUNDER MOHAN, J.

kas 6.The Public Prosecutor High Court of Madras Chennai 600 104 24.06.2024