Vimala v. Th State Of Tamil Nadu,

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT MADRAS

DATED : 05.07.2024 CORAM :

THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE M.S.RAMESH AND THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE SUNDER MOHAN Vimala ... Petitioner/wife of the detenue Vs.

1.State of Tamil Nadu, Rep. by the Principal Secretary to Government, Home, Prohibition and Excise Department, Fort St. George, Chennai-600 009.

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

3.The Superintendent of Police, Villupuram District, Villupuram.

4.The Inspector of Police, Marakkanam Police Station, Villupuram District.

5.The Superintendent, Central Prison, Cuddalore.

... Respondents Prayer : Habeas Corpus Petition filed under Article 226 of the Constitution of India praying for the issuance of a Writ of Habeas Corpus, to call for the records of the detention made in R.C.No.C2/5/2024 dated 11.03.2024 passed by the District Collector and District Magistrate, Villupuram District, Villupuram issued by the second respondent herein and set aside the same and direct the respondents to produce the detenue before this Court and set the detenue Karunakaran, son of Kali, aged 49 years, now confined at Central Prison, Cuddalore at liberty.

For Petitioner :

Mr.R.Balakrishnan For Respondents :

Mr.A.Gokulakrishnan Additional Public Prosecutor

ORDER

M.S.RAMESH , J.

and SUNDER MOHAN, J.

The petitioner herein is the wife of the detenu viz., Karunakaran, son of Kali, aged 49 years, confined at Central Prison, Cuddalore, has come forward with this petition challenging the detention order passed by the second respondent dated 11.03.2024 slapped on her husband, branding him

as "Drug Offender" 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that the order of detention passed by the second respondent as against the petitioner's husband, dated 11.03.2024 has been revoked by the Government in G.O.Rt.No.2397, Home, Prohibition and Excise (XIV) Department, dated 22.04.2024 and he has also produced a copy of the said order. 3.Recording the submission of the learned Additional Public Prosecutor, this petition is dismissed as the same has become infructuous. [M.S.R., J] [S.M., J] 05.07.2024 Anu Internet : Yes Index : Yes / No

M.S.RAMESH , J.

and SUNDER MOHAN, J.

Anu To 1.The Principal Secretary to Government, Home, Prohibition and Excise Department, Fort St. George, Chennai-600 009.

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

3.The Superintendent of Police, Villupuram District, Villupuram.

4.The Inspector of Police, Marakkanam Police Station, Villupuram District.

5.The Superintendent, Central Prison, Cuddalore.

6.The Public Prosecutor, High Court, Madras.

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