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Madras High CourtHCP/688/2022closed

Aruna v. The State Of Tamilnadu Rep.By Its

2022-10-18Honourable Mr Justice P. N. Prakash,Honourable Mr Justice Rmt. Teekaa Raman4 pages

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT MADRAS

DATED: 18.10.2022 Coram The Honourable Mr. Justice P.N.PRAKASH and The Honourable Mr. Justice RMT.TEEKAA RAMAN Aruna ... Petitioner Vs 1.The State of Tamil Nadu represented by its Secretary to Government, Home, Prohibition and Excise Department, Secretariat, Fort St. George, Chennai-600 009. 2.The District Collector and District Magistrate, O/o.District Collector and District Magistrate, Kallakurichi District, Kallakurichi.

3.The Superintendent, Central Prison, Cuddalore District.

4.The Superintendent of Police, O/o.Superintendent of Police, Kallakurichi District, Kallakurichi.

5.The State represented by its The Inspector of Police, Kallakurichi PEW Police Station, Kallakurichi 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 D.O.No.C2/15/2022 dated 05.04.2022 and set aside the same and consequently direct the respondents to produce the detenu Kamalakkannan, son of Pitchaikaran, aged about 28 years, petitioner's husband, now confined at the Central Prison, Cuddalore before this Court and set him at liberty forthwith. For Petitioner : Mr.S.Saravana Kumar For Respondents : Mr.R.Muniyapparaj Addl. Public Prosecutor

ORDER

(Made by P.N.PRAKASH, J.) The petitioner challenges the impugned order of detention in D.O.No.C2/15/2022 dated 05.04.2022 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The learned Additional Public Prosecutor reports that the order of detention passed against the detenu has been revoked by the Government by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.4271, Home, Prohibition and Excise (XIV) 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) 18.10.2022 nsd To 1.The Secretary to Government, Home, Prohibition and Excise Department, Secretariat, Fort St. George, Chennai-600 009. 2.The District Collector and District Magistrate, Kallakurichi District, Kallakurichi.

3.The Superintendent, Central Prison, Cuddalore District. 4.The Superintendent of Police, O/o.Superintendent of Police, Kallakurichi District, Kallakurichi.

5.The Inspector of Police, Kallakurichi PEW Police Station, Kallakurichi 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 18.10.2022