Thasarathan v. The Principal Secretary
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT MADRAS
DATED: 31.10.2022 Coram The Honourable Mr. Justice P.N.PRAKASH and The Honourable Mr. Justice RMT.TEEKAA RAMAN Thasarathan ... Petitioner Vs 1.The Principal Secretary, Home, Prohibition and Excise Department, Secretariat, Chennai 600 009.
2.The District Collector & District Magistrate Thiruvannamalai, Thiruvannamalai District.
3.The Superintendent of Police, Cuddalore District, Cuddallore-01.
4.The Superintendent, Central Prison, Salem.
5.The Inspector of Police, Jamunamarathur Police Station, Thiruvannamalai District.
... Respondents Petition filed under Article 226 of the Constitution of India to issue a writ of Habeas Corpus to call for the entire records relating to the impugned order of detention passed by the second respondent in Memo
No.D.O./38/2022-C2, dated 22.04.2022 and set aside the same and consequently direct the respondents to produce the detenu viz., GOKUL, male, aged 20 years, Son of Thasarathan, now confined at the Central Prison, Salem, before this Court and set him at liberty forthwith. For Petitioner : Mr.A.T.Anbu Kumar For Respondents : Mr.R.Muniyapparaj Addl. Public Prosecutor
ORDER
(Made by P.N.PRAKASH, J.) The petitioner challenges the impugned order of detention in Memo No.D.O./38/2022-C2, dated 22.04.2022 detaining his son as "Drug Offender", as contemplated under Section 2(e) 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The learned Additional Public Prosecutor reports that the order of detention passed against the detenu has been revoked by the Government by its order in G.O.Rt.No.3226, Home, Prohibition and Excise (XI) Department, dated 30.05.2022 and he has also produced a copy of the Government Order. Recording the same, this Habeas Corpus Petition stands closed.
(P.N.P., J.) (TKRJ) 31.10.2022 nsd To 1.The Principal Secretary, Home, Prohibition and Excise Department, Secretariat, Chennai 600 009.
2.The District Collector & District Magistrate Thiruvannamalai, Thiruvannamalai District.
3.The Superintendent of Police, Cuddalore District, Cuddallore-01.
4.The Superintendent, Central Prison, Salem.
5.The Inspector of Police, Jamunamarathur Police Station, Thiruvannamalai 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.
P.N.PRAKASH, J.
AND RMT.TEEKAA RAMAN, J.
nsd 31.10.2022