Usha v. The Secretary To The Government
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT MADRAS
DATED: 27.10.2022 Coram The Honourable Mr. Justice P.N.PRAKASH and The Honourable Mr. Justice RMT.TEEKAA RAMAN Usha ... Petitioner Vs 1.The Secretary to Government, Home, Prohibition and Excise Department, Secretariat, Chennai 600009.
2.The District Collector and District Magistrate, O/o. The District Collector and District Magistrate, Tirupathur District, Tirupathur 635601.
3.The Superintendent of Police, Tirupathur District, Tirupathur-1.
4.The Superintendent of Prison, Central Prison, Vellore-2.
5.The Inspector of Police, Omerabad Police Station, Tirupathur District.
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Respondents Petition filed under Article 226 of the Constitution of India to issue a
writ of Habeas Corpus to call for the entire records relating to the impugned order of detention passed by the second respondent in proceedings in C3/D.O.No.25/2022 dated 13.04.2022 and set aside the same and consequently direct the respondents to produce the detenu viz., Gopinath, male, aged 45 years, son of Pachaiyappan, now confined at the Central Prison, Vellore, before this Court and set him at liberty forthwith. For Petitioner : Mr.D.Balaji For Respondents : Mr.R.Muniyapparaj Addl. Public Prosecutor
ORDER
(Made by P.N.PRAKASH, J.) The petitioner challenges the impugned order of detention in proceedings in C3/D.O.No.25/2022, dated 13.04.2022 detaining her husband as "Bootlegger", as contemplated under Section 2(b) of the Tamil Nadu Act 14 of 1982.
The learned Additional Public Prosecutor reports that the order of detention passed against the detenu has been revoked by the Government by its order in G.O.Rt.No.4302, Home, Prohibition and Excise (IX)
Department, dated 11.07.2022 and he has also produced a copy of the Government Order. Recording the same, this Habeas Corpus Petition stands closed.
(P.N.P., J.) (TKRJ) 27.10.2022 nsd To 1.The Secretary to Government, Home, Prohibition and Excise Department, Secretariat, Chennai 600009.
2.The District Collector and District Magistrate, O/o. The District Collector and District Magistrate, Tirupathur District, Tirupathur 635601.
3.The Superintendent of Police, Tirupathur District, Tirupathur-1.
4.The Superintendent of Prison, Central Prison, Vellore-2.
5.The Inspector of Police, Omerabad Police Station, Tirupathur District.
6.The Joint Secretary to Government of Tamil Nadu, Public, Law and Order Department, Secretariat, Chennai - 9. 7.The Public Prosecutor, High Court, Madras.
P.N.PRAKASH, J.
AND RMT.TEEKAA RAMAN, J.
nsd 27.10.2022