Kasthuri v. The Secretary To Government

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT MADRAS

DATED: 24.06.2019 Coram The Hon'ble Mr. Justice M.M.SUNDRESH and The Hon'ble Mr. Justice M. NIRMAL KUMAR H.C.P. No. 682 of 2019 Kasthuri ... Petitioner/Wife of the Detenue -vs1.The Secretary to the Government of Tamil Nadu, Home, Prohibition and Excise Department, Fort St. George, Chennai - 600 009.

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

3.The Inspector of Police, Vettaikkaraniruppu Police Station, Nagapattinam District.

... Respondents Petition filed under Article 226 of the Constitution of India, to issue a Writ of Habeas Corpus, calling for the records relating to the detention order issued by the 1st respondent in detention order No. C.O.C.No.15/2019 dated 25.03.2019 and quash the same and direct the respondents herein to produce the body of the detenu namely Kathirvel, S/o. Ramachandran, aged about 42 years, the husband of the petitioner herein and set him at liberty from the Central Prison, Tiruchirapalli. For Petitioner : Mr.G.Magesh Kumar For Respondents :Mr.C.Iyyappa Raj Addl.

Public Prosecutor

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.15/2019, dated 25.03.2019, detaining her husband as "Goonda", as contemplated under Section 2(f) of the Tamil Nadu Act 14 of 1982.

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2. The learned Additional Public Prosecutor reports that the order of detention passed against the detenu has been revoked by the Government by its order in G.O.Rt.No.1723 Home, Prohibition and Excise (XV) Department, dated 20.05.2019 and he has also produced a copy of the Government Order. Recording the same, this Habeas Corpus Petition stands closed.

Sd/- Assistant Registrar(CS VIII) //True Copy// Sub Assistant Registrar mmi/ssm To:

1.The Secretary, Home, Prohibition and Excise Department, Fort St. George, Chennai - 600 009.

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

3.The Inspector of Police, Vettaikkaraniruppu Police Station, Nagapattinam District.

4.The Superintendent Central Prison, Tiruchirapalli District.

5.The Public Prosecutor, High Court, Madras.

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