Manimegalai v. State Of Tamilnadu
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 Manimegalai ... Petitioner Vs 1.State of Tamil Nadu Represented by its Secretary, Home, Prohibition and Excise Department, Fort St. George, Chennai-600 009.
2.The District Collector and District Magistrate, of Villupuram District, Villupuram.
3.The Superintendent of Police, Viluppuram District.
4.The Superintendent of Police, Central Prison, Cuddalore.
5.The Inspector of Police, Gingee Police Station, Villupuram District.
... Respondents Petition filed under Article 226 of the Constitution of India to issue a writ of Habeas Corpus to call for entire records relating to the detention
order in Rc.No.C2/7095/2022, dated 14.03.2022 passed by the second respondent under the Tamil Nadu Act 14 of 1982 and set aside the same and direct the respondent to produce the petitioner's husband Thamodharan, S/o.Chandirasekar, aged about 37 years, the detenu, now confined in the Central Prison, Cuddalore, before this Court and set the petitioner's husband Thamodharan, S/o. Chandirasekar, the detenu herein at liberty. For Petitioner : Mr.K.Ramesh For Respondents : Mr.R.Muniyapparaj Additional Public Prosecutor
ORDER
(Made by P.N.PRAKASH, J.) The petitioner challenges the impugned order of detention in Rc.No.C2/7095/2022, dated 14.03.2022 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The learned Additional Public Prosecutor reports that the order of detention passed against the detenu has been revoked by the Government by its order in G.O.Rt.No.2527, Home, Prohibition and Excise (XIV)
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 Secretary, Home, Prohibition and Excise Department, Fort St. George, Chennai-600 009.
2.The District Collector and District Magistrate, of Villupuram District, Villupuram.
3.The Superintendent of Police, Viluppuram District.
4.The Superintendent of Police, Central Prison, Cuddalore.
5.The Inspector of Police, Gingee Police Station, Villupuram 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