Arunpandiyan v. The State Of Tamil Nadu

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT MADRAS

DATED: 28.10.2020 Coram The Hon'ble Mr. Justice M.M.SUNDRESH and The Hon'ble Mr. Justice D. KRISHNAKUMAR H.C.P. No. 793 of 2020 Arunpandiyan

...Petitioner/Son of

the Detenue -vs1 The State of Tamil Nadu rep. by its Secretary to Government, Department of Prohibition and Excise (Home), Fort St. George, Chennai - 9.

2. The District Collector and District Magistrate, Nagapattinam District, Nagapattinam.

3. The Superintendent of Police, Nagapattinam District, Nagapattinam.

4. The Inspector of Police, Prohibition Enforcement Wing, Nagapattinam.

5. The Superintendent of Prison, Central Prison for Women, Thiruchirappalli.

...Respondents

Petition filed under Article 226 of the Constitution of India, to issue a Writ of Habeas Corpus to call for the records relating to the impugned order in C.O.C.No.14/2020 dated 18.03.2020 on the file of the second respondent herein and set aside the same as illegal and direct the respondents to produce the detenue Savithri, W/o.Duraisamy, aged about 55 years, now confined at Central Prison for Women, Thiruchirappalli before this Court and set her at liberty.

For Petitioner : Mr.Ilayaraja Kandasamy For Respondents : Mr.R.Prathap Kumar Addl. Public Prosecutor https://hcservices.ecourts.gov.in/hcservices/

ORDER

[Order of the Court was made by M.M.SUNDRESH, J.] The petitioner challenges the impugned order of detention in C.O.C.No.14/2020 dated 18.03.2020 detaining his mother as "Bootlegger", as contemplated under Section 2(b) of the Tamil Nadu Act 14 of 1982.

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 The learned Additional Public Prosecutor reports that the order of detention passed against the detenue has been revoked by the Government by its order in G.O.Rt.No.2316 Home Prohibition and Excise (XV) Department, dated 26.05.2020 and he has also produced a copy of the Government Order. Recording the same, this Habeas Corpus Petition stands closed. Sd/- Assistant Registrar //True Copy// Sub Assistant Registrar To 1.The Secretary to Government, Department of Prohibition and Excise (Home), Fort St. George, Chennai - 9.

2.The District Collector and District Magistrate, Nagapattinam District, Nagapattinam.

3.The Superintendent of Police, Nagapattinam District, Nagapattinam.

4.The Inspector of Police, Prohibition Enforcement Wing, Nagapattinam.

5.The Superintendent of Prison, Sepcial Prison for Women, Thiruchirappalli.

6.The Public Prosecutor, High Court, Madras.

H.C.P. No.793 of 2020 VG-II(CO) RV(30/11/2020) https://hcservices.ecourts.gov.in/hcservices/