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Chitra v. The District Collector And District Magistrate

2021-01-19Honourable Mr Justice P. N. Prakash,Honourable Mr Justice V.Sivagnanam2 pages

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT MADRAS

DATED: 19.01.2021

CORAM

THE HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE P.N.PRAKASH AND THE HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE V.SIVAGNANAM H.C.P. No.1345 of 2020 Chitra .. Petitioner Vs.

1.The District Collector and District Magistrate, Tiruvannamalai.

2.Government of Tamil Nadu Represented by its Secretary, Home, Prohibition and Excise Department, Secretariat, Chennai - 600 009.

3.The Superintendent, Central Prison, Vellore District.

4.The Inspector of Police, Vanapuram Police Station, Tiruvannamalai District.

.. Respondents Petition filed under Article 226 of the Constitution of India praying to issue a writ of Habeas Corpus to call for the records in D.O.No.47/2020-C2 dated 10.06.2020 on the file of the 1st respondent and quash the same and direct the respondents herein to produce the body of the detenue Shanmugam, male, aged 42 years, S/o.Pandurangan, now confined in Central Prison, Vellore, before this Court and set him at liberty. For Petitioner :

Mr.S.Silambusevan For Respondents :

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

ORDER

[Order of the Court was made by P.N.PRAKASH, J.] The petitioner challenges the impugned order of detention in D.O.No.47/2020-C2 dated 10.06.2020, detaining her husband as "Bootlegger" under Section 2(b) 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 The learned Additional Public Prosecutor reports that the order of detention passed against the detenu has been revoked by the Government by its order in G.O.Rt.No.3185, Home, Prohibition and Excise (XI) Department, dated 27.07.2020 and he has also produced a copy of the Government Order. Recording the same, this Habeas Corpus Petition stands closed. Sd/- Assistant Registrar (C.O.) /True Copy/ Sub Assistant Registrar To 1.The District Collector and District Magistrate, Tiruvannamalai.

2.The Secretary, Home, Prohibition and Excise Department, Secretariat, Chennai - 600 009.

3.The Superintendent, Central Prison, Vellore District.

4.The Inspector of Police, Vanapuram Police Station, Tiruvannamalai District.

5.The Public Prosecutor, High Court, Madras.

AKM/19.2.21 /2P-6C/ H.C.P. No.1345 of 2020 19.01.2021 https://hcservices.ecourts.gov.in/hcservices/