Poovarasan 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 Poovarasan ... Petitioner Vs 1.The Secretary to Government, Home, Prohibition and Excise Department, Secretariat, Chennai 600 009.
2.The District Collector & District Magistrate Tirupathur District, Tirupathur-635601.
3.The Superintendent of Police, Tirupathur District, Tirupathur-1.
4.The Superintendent of Prison, Special Prison for Women, Vellore-2.
5.The Inspector of Police, Vaniyambadi Taluk Police Station, Tirupathur District.
... 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 Detention order in C3/D.O.No.26/2022 dated 16.04.2022 and set aside the same and
consequently direct the respondents to produce the detenu viz., Jothi, Female, aged 27 years, w/o Magadevan, 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 C3/D.O.No.26/2022 dated 16.04.2022 detaining the petitioner's elder brother's wife 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The learned Additional Public Prosecutor reports that the order of detention passed against the detenu has been revoked by the Government by its order in G.O.Rt.No.4303, Home, Prohibition and Excise (IX) Department, dated 11.07.2022 and he has also produced a copy of the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 600 009.
2.The District Collector & District Magistrate Tirupathur District, Tirupathur-635601.
3.The Superintendent of Police, Tirupathur District, Tirupathur-1.
4.The Superintendent of Prison, Special Prison for Women, Vellore-2.
5.The Inspector of Police, Vaniyambadi Taluk 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