Selvaraj, M/A 48 Yrs, v. The Secretary To Govt,

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT MADRAS

DATED : 21.01.2019

CORAM:

THE HONOURABLE Mr.JUSTICE C.T.SELVAM and THE HONOURABLE Mrs.JUSTICE S.RAMATHILAGAM H.C.P.No.2085 of 2018 Selvaraj ... Petitioner -Vs1.The Secretary to the Government, Home Prohibition and Excise Department, Secretariat, Chennai - 600 009.

2.The Commissioner of Police, Greater Chennai.

... Respondents PRAYER: Petition filed under Article 226 of the Constitution of India, to issue a Writ of Habeas Corpus, call for the records in connection with the order of detention passed by the second respondent dated 03.08.2018 in Memo No.650/BCDFGISSSV/ 2018 against the petitioner's son Ram Kumar @ Kuppan, male aged 24 years S/o.Selvaraj, who is confined at Central Prison Puzhal, Chennai and set aside the same and direct the respondents to produce the detenu before this Hon'ble Court and set him at liberty.

For Petitioner:

Mr.S.Senthil Vel For Respondents :

Mr.R.Prathap Kumar Additional Public Prosecutor ***

ORDER

[Order of the Court was made by C.T.SELVAM, J] The petitioner, who is the father of the detenu herein, viz., Ramkumar @ Kuppan, son of Selvaraj, aged 24 years, has come forward with this petition challenging the detention order passed by the second respondent by his order in

No.650/BCDFGISSSV/2018, dated 03.08.2018 against his son branding him as a "GOONDA" under the Tamil Nadu Prevention of Dangerous Activities of Bootleggers, Drug Offenders, Forest Offenders, Goondas, Immoral Traffic Offenders, Sand Offenders, Slum Grabbers and Video Pirates Act, 1982 [Tamil Nadu Act 14 of 1982].

2. The learned Additional Public Prosecutor would submit that the order of detention passed by the second respondent as against the son of the petitioner herein dated 03.08.2018 has been revoked by the Government in G.O.Rt.No.4180, Home, Prohibition & Excise [X] Department dated 28.09.2018 and he has also produced a copy of the said order.

3. Recording the submission of the learned Additional Public Prosecutor, this Habeas Corpus Petition is closed as the same has become infructuous. [C.T.S., J] [S.R.T., J] 21.01.2019 lpp/kmi To

1.The Secretary to the Government, Home Prohibition and Excise Department, Secretariat, Chennai - 600 009.

2.The Commissioner of Police, Greater Chennai.

3. The Public Prosecutor, High Court, Madras.

C.T.SELVAM, J and S.RAMATHILAGAM, J lpp H.C.P.No.2085 of 2018 21.01.2019