Anjala v. Government Of Tamil Nadu, Rep By Its

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT MADRAS

DATED: 08.10.2021

CORAM

THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE P.N.PRAKASH AND THE HONOURABLE MS. JUSTICE R.N.MANJULA H.C.P.NO.867 OF 2021 Anjala .. Petitioner .Vs.

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

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

3. The Superintendent of Police, Office of Superintendent of Police, Villupuram District, Villupuram.

4. The Superintendent of Central Prison, Central Prison, Cuddalore, Cuddalore District.

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

.. Respondents Prayer:

Petition filed under Article 226 of the Constitution of India to issue a writ of Habeas Corpus calling for the records in detention order in Rc.No.C2/12175/2021 dated 15.05.2021 on the file of the 2nd respondent and quash the same and direct the respondents herein to produce the body of the petitioner's son Anbarasan @ Anbu, S/o.Murugan, Male, aged about 22 years, the detenu, now confined in the Central Prison, Cuddalore, before this Court and set him at liberty.

For Petitioner : Mr.S.Sivakumar For Respondents : Mr.R.Muniyapparaj Addl. Public Prosecutor

ORDER

[Made by P.N.PRAKASH, J.] The petitioner challenges the impugned order of detention in Rc.No.C2/12175/2021 dated 15.05.2021 detaining her son as "Bootlegger", as contemplated under Section 2(b) of the Tamil Nadu Act 14 of 1982.

The learned Additional Public Prosecutor reports that the order of detention passed against the detenu has been revoked by the Government by its order in G.O.Rt.No.2967, Home, Prohibition and Excise (XIV) Department, dated 09.07.2021 and he has also produced a copy of the Government Order. Recording the same, this Habeas Corpus Petition stands closed.

Sd/- Assistant Registrar(CS II) //True Copy// Sub Assistant Registrar nsd To

1. The Secretary, Home, Prohibition and Excise (XVI) Department, Fort St.George, Chennai - 600 009.

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

3. The Superintendent of Police, Office of Superintendent of Police, Villupuram District, Villupuram.

4. The Superintendent of Central Prison, Central Prison, Cuddalore, Cuddalore District.

5. The Inspector of Police, Avalurpet 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, Madras High Court, Chennai - 600 104.

H.C.P.No.867 of 2021 BP(CO) PM/01/12/2021