Sornambal v. The State Of Tamilnadu

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT MADRAS

DATED: 18.10.2022 Coram THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE P.N.PRAKASH and THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE RMT. TEEKAA RAMAN H.C.P.No.733 of 2022 Sornambala W/o.Kandhan ... Petitioner Vs.

1.The State of Tamil Nadu represented by its Secretary to Government (Home), Prohibition and Excise Department, Secretariat, Fort St.George, Chennai - 600 009.

2.The District Collector and District Magistrate, O.o.The District Collector and District Magistrate, Villupuram District, Villupuram.

3.The Superintendent, Central Prison, Cuddalore District.

4.The Superintendent of Police, O/o.Superintendent of Police, Villupuram District, Villupuram.

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5.The Inspector of Police, Kandamangalam Police Station, Villupuram District.

... Respondents Writ Petition filed under Article 226 of the Constitution of India to issue a writ of Habeas Corpus calling for the entire records relating to the impugned order of detention passed by the second respondent in Rc.No.C2/9813/2022 dated 06.04.2022 and set aside the same and consequently, direct the respondents to produce the detenu Arivazhagan @ Arivu s/o.Kandhan, aged about 36 years, petitioner's son now confined at Central Prison, Cuddalore, before this Court and set him at liberty forthwith. For Petitioner :

Mr.R.Raji For Respondents :

Mr.R.Muniyapparaj Additional Public Prosecutor *****

O R D E R

[Made by RMT. TEEKAA RAMAN, J.] The petitioner is the mother of the detenu viz., Arivazhagan @ Arivu s/o.Kandhan, aged about 36 years. The detenu has been detained by the second respondent by his order in Rc.No.C2/9813/2022 dated 06.04.2022, holding him to be a "Goonda", as contemplated under Section 2(f) of Tamil Nadu Act 14 of 1982. The said order is under challenge in this Habeas Corpus Petition.

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2. Learned Additional Public Prosecutor would submit that the detention order passed against the detenu in Rc.No.C2/9813/2022 dated 06.04.2022, on the file of the second respondent is revoked vide G.O.Rt.No.2870, Home, Prohibition and Excise (XIV) Department, dated 18.05.2022 and produced a copy of the said order. In view of the above, this petition is closed as it has become infructuous.

[PNP, J.] [TKR, J.] 18.10.2022 Index: Yes/No gm To 1.The Secretary to Government (Home), Prohibition and Excise Department, Secretariat, Fort St.George, Chennai - 600 009.

2.The District Collector and District Magistrate, O.o.The District Collector and District Magistrate, Villupuram District, Villupuram.

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P.N.PRAKASH, J.

and RMT. TEEKAA RAMAN, J.

gm 3.The Superintendent, Central Prison, Cuddalore District.

4.The Superintendent of Police, O/o.Superintendent of Police, Villupuram District, Villupuram.

5.The Inspector of Police, Kandamangalam 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.

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