Madras High CourtHCP/1303/2020closed

P.Sathiyapriya v. State Of Tamil Nadu, Rep. By

2021-01-18Honourable Mr Justice P. N. Prakash,Honourable Mr Justice V.Sivagnanam3 pages

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT MADRAS

DATED: 18.01.2021

CORAM

THE HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE P.N.PRAKASH AND THE HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE V.SIVAGNANAM H.C.P. No.1303 of 2020 P.Sathiyapriya ..Petitioner/Wife of the Detenue Vs.

1.State represented by The Additional Chief Secretary to Government, Home, Prohibition and Excise Department, Secretariat, Chennai -9.

2.The District Collector and District Magistrate, O/o. The District Collector and District Magistrate , 3.The Superintendent of Police, 4.The Superintendent, Central Prison, Tiruchirappalli.

5.The Inspector of Police, Nagapattinam Town Police Station, ..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 detention order passed in C.O.C.No.27/2020 dated 09.07.2020 on the file of the 2nd respondent herein and set aside the same as illegal and direct the respondents to produce the body or person of the petitioner's husband viz., Praveen, male, aged 21 years, S/o.Chinnathambi, who is detained in Central

Prison, Tiruchirappalli, before this Court and set him at liberty.

For Petitioner :

Mr.K.A.S.Prabhu For Respondents:

Mr.R.Prathap Kumar, Addl. Public Prosecutor

ORDER

[Order of the Court was made by P.N.PRAKASH, J.] The petitioner challenges the impugned order of detention in C.O.C.No.27/2020 dated 09.07.2020, 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 The learned Additional Public Prosecutor reports that the order of detention passed against the detenu has been revoked by the Government by its order in G.O.Rt.No.3632, Home, Prohibition and Excise (XV) Department, dated 04.09.2020 and he has also produced a copy of the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// nsd Sub Assistant Registrar To 1.The Additional Chief Secretary to Government, Home, Prohibition and Excise Department, Secretariat, Chennai -9.

2.The District Collector and District Magistrate, O/o. The District Collector and District Magistrate , 3.The Superintendent of Police, 4.The Superintendent, Central Prison, Tiruchirappalli.

5.The Inspector of Police, Nagapattinam Town Police Station, 6.The Public Prosecutor, High Court, Madras.

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