Qureshi Fathima v. The Principal Secretary To Government
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT MADRAS
DATED: 17.09.2022 Coram The Honourable Mr. Justice P.N.PRAKASH and The Honourable Mr. Justice RMT.TEEKAA RAMAN H.C.P.No.691 of 2022 Qureshi Fathima ... Petitioner Vs 1.The Principal Secretary to Government, Home, Prohibition and Excise Department, Secretariat, Chennai-600 009.
2.The District Magistrate and District Collector, Erode District - 638 011.
3.The Superintendent of Central Prison, Coimbatore - 641 018.
4.The Superintendent of Police, Erode District.
5.The Inspector of Police, Gobichettipalayam, Erode District.
... Respondents Petition filed under Article 226 of the Constitution of India to issue a writ of Habeas Corpus to call for records of the detention order in
Cr.M.P.No.05/Drug Offender/2022 C1 dated 23.02.2022 and to set aside the same as illegal and for a direction directing the second respondent herein to produce the body and person of detenu Abduallah, aged 43 years, S/o. (Late) Pattani Muhammed who has been termed as "Drug Offender" and now confined in the Central Prison, Coimbatore, before this Court and set him at liberty.
For Petitioner : Ms.S.Deepika For Respondents : Mr.R.Muniyapparaj Additional Public Prosecutor
ORDER
(Made by P.N.PRAKASH, J.) The petitioner challenges the impugned order of detention in Cr.M.P.No.05/Drug Offender/2022 C1 dated 23.02.2022 detaining her husband as "Drug Offender", as contemplated under Section 2(e) 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The learned Additional Public Prosecutor reports that the order of detention passed against the detenu has been revoked by the Government by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.2511, Home, Prohibition and Excise (IX) Department, dated 06.05.2022 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) 17.10.2022 nsd To 1.The Principal Secretary to Government, Home, Prohibition and Excise Department, Secretariat, Chennai-600 009.
2.The District Magistrate and District Collector, Erode District - 638 011.
3.The Superintendent of Central Prison, Coimbatore - 641 018.
4.The Superintendent of Police, Erode District.
5.The Inspector of Police, Gobichettipalayam, Erode 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 17.10.2022