Lakshmi v. The Secretary To Government

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT MADRAS

DATED: 27.06.2019 Coram The Hon'ble Mr. Justice M.M.SUNDRESH and The Hon'ble Mr. Justice M. NIRMAL KUMAR H.C.P. No. 740 of 2019 Lakshmi ... Petitioner -vsState Rep By:

1.The Secretary to the Government, Home, Prohibition and Excise Department, Secretariat, Fort St. George, Chennai - 600 009.

2.The Commissioner of Police, Salem City, Salem.

... Respondents Petition filed under Article 226 of the Constitution of India, to issue a Writ of Habeas Corpus, to call for the records in C.M.P.No.10/Goonda/Salem City/2019, dated 22.03.2019 on the file of the Commissioner of Police, Salem City, Salem, the second respondent herein and quash the same as illegal and direct the respondents to produce the detenu Thiru. Viji, S/o. Chinnathambi @ Arumugam, aged about 33 years, now confined at Central Prison, Salem, before this Court and set him at liberty. For Petitioner : Mr.S.Rajanikanth For Respondents :

Mr.R.Prathap Kumar Addl.

Public Prosecutor

ORDER

[Order of the Court was made by M.M.SUNDRESH, J.] The petitioner challenges the impugned order of detention in C.M.P.No.10/Goonda/Salem City/2019, dated 22.03.2019, detaining her son as "Goonda", as contemplated under Section 2(f) of the Tamil Nadu Act 14 of 1982.

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2. The learned Additional Public Prosecutor reports that the order of detention passed against the detenu has been revoked by the Government by its order in G.O.Rt.No.1728 Home, Prohibition and Excise (XIV) Department, dated 20.05.2019 and he has also produced a copy of the Government Order. Recording the same, this Habeas Corpus Petition stands closed.

Sd/- Assistant Registrar(CS III) //True Copy// Sub Assistant Registrar mmi/ssm To:

1.The Secretary to Government, State of Tamil Nadu, Home, Prohibition and Excise Department, Chennai - 600 009.

2.The Commissioner of Police, Salem City, Salem.

3.The Superintendent, Central Prison, Salem.

4.The Joint Secretary to Government, Public(Law & Order), Fort Saint George, Chennai - 9.

5.The Public Prosecutor, High Court, Madras.

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