Anitha v. The State Of Tamilnadu Rep.By Its

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT MADRAS

DATED: 23.12.2020 Coram The Hon'ble Mr. Justice M.M.SUNDRESH and The Hon'ble Mr. Justice D.KRISHNAKUMAR H.C.P. No. 1259 of 2020 Anitha ... Petitioner/wife of the detenue Vs

1. The State of Tamil Nadu, Rep. By its Secretary, Home, Prohibition and Excise Department, Secretariat, Chennai -9.

2. The Commissioner of Police/ Detaining Authority, Tirupur City, Tirupur District.

3. The Superintendent of Central Prison, Central Prison, Coimbatore.

4. The Inspector of Police, 15, Velampalayam Police Station, Tirupur City, Tirupur District.

... Respondents Petition filed under Article 226 of the Constitution of India praying for issuance of Writ of Habeas Corpus, calling for the records in impugned order C.No.20/G/IS/2020 dated 24.06.2020 on the file of the Commissioner of Police, Tirupur City, Tirupur District, the second respondent herein and quash the same as illegal and direct the respondents to produce the detenu Balaji @ Balakrishnan, son of Ravichandran, aged 26 years, now confined at Central Prison, Coimbatore, before this Court and set him at liberty.

For Petitioner : Mr. R. Sankarasubbu For Respondents : Mr.R.Prathap Kumar, Addl. Public Prosecutor https://hcservices.ecourts.gov.in/hcservices/

ORDER

[Order of the Court was made by M.M.SUNDRESH, J.] The petitioner challenges the impugned order of detention in C.No.20/G/IS/2020, dated 24.06.2020, detaining her husband as "Goonda" under Section 2(f) of the Tamil Nadu Act 14 of 1982.

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 The learned Additional Public Prosecutor reports that the order of detention passed against the detenu has been revoked by the Government by its order in G.O.Rt.No.3343 Home, Prohibition and Excise (XII) Department, dated 10.08.2020 and he has also produced a copy of the Government Order. Recording the same, this Habeas Corpus Petition stands closed.

Sd/- Assistant Registrar //True Copy// mmi/ssm Sub Assistant Registrar To

1. The Secretary, Home, Prohibition and Excise Department, Secretariat, Chennai -9.

2. The Joint Secretary, Public(Law & Order), Fort saint George, Chennai-4.

3. The Commissioner of Police/ Detaining Authority, Tirupur City, Tirupur District.

4. The Superintendent of Central Prison, Central Prison, Coimbatore.

5. The Inspector of Police, 15, Velampalayam Police Station, Tirupur City, Tirupur District.

6. The Public Prosecutor, High Court, Madras.

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