Nanthini v. State Rep. By

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT MADRAS

DATED : 11.07.2024 CORAM :

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

State Rep. By:

1.The Additional Chief Secretary to Government, Home, Prohibition and Excise Department, Secretariat, Government of Tamil Nadu, Fort St. George, Chennai 600 009.

2.The Commissioner of Police, Greater Chennai.

3.The Superintendent of Police, Central Prison - II, Puzhal, Chennai.

4.The Inspector of Police (L & O), K-8, Arumbakkam Police Station, Chennai.

... 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 pertaining to the order of Detention dated on 20.03.2024 passed by the 2nd respondent in No.220/BCDFGISSSV/2024 and quash the same as illegal and direct the respondent to produce the detenue Thiru.Bachi @ Baskaran S/o.Saminathan, Male, aged about 34 years, now confined at Central Prison - II, Puzhal, Chennai before this Hon'ble Court and set hi, at liberty.

For Petitioner :

Mr.S.Senthil Kumar 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., Bachi @ Baskaran, S/o.Saminathan, the detenue, now confined at Central Prison-II, Puzhal, Chennai, has come forward with this petition challenging the detention order passed by the second respondent dated 20.03.2024 slapped on her husband, branding him as "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that the order of detention passed by the second respondent as against the petitioner's husband, dated 20.03.2024 has been revoked by the Government in G.O.Rt.No.2684, Home, Prohibition and Excise (XIII) Department, dated 03.05.2024 and he has also produced a copy of the said order.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] 11.07.2024 Anu Internet : Yes Index : Yes / No

M.S.RAMESH , J.

and SUNDER MOHAN, J.

Anu To 1.The Additional Chief Secretary to Government, Home, Prohibition and Excise Department, Secretariat, Government of Tamil Nadu, Fort St. George, Chennai 600 009.

2.The Commissioner of Police, Greater Chennai.

3.The Superintendent of Police, Central Prison - II, Puzhal, Chennai.

4.The Inspector of Police (L & O), K-8, Arumbakkam Police Station, Chennai.

5.The Public Prosecutor, High Court, Madras.

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