Devi v. State Of Tamil Nadu Rep By The Secretary
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT MADRAS
DATED: 18.11.2022 Coram The Honourable Mr. Justice P.N.PRAKASH and The Honourable Mr. Justice RMT.TEEKAA RAMAN Devi .. Petitioner Vs 1.The State of Tamil Nadu, Rep. by the Secretary, Home, Prohibition and Excise Department, Fort St. George, Chennai-600 009.
2.The District Magistrate and District Collector, O/o the District Magistrate and District Collector, Erode District, Erode.
3.The Superintendent of Prison, Central Prison, Coimbatore, Coimbatore District.
4.The Superintendent of Police, Erode, Erode District.
5.The Inspector of Police, Gobichettipalayam Police Station, Erode 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 connected
with the detention order of the second respondent in vide Memo Cr.M.P.No.09/Drug Offender/2022/C1 dated 11.04.2022 and quash the same and direct the respondents to produce the body and person of the petitioner's husband, the detenu viz. Anandan, aged 29 years, Son of Araikadhan @ Palanisamy, detained in the Central Prison, Coimbatore, before this Court and set him at liberty forthwith. For Petitioner : Mr.C.Ramkumar For Respondents : Mr.R.Muniyapparaj Addl. Public Prosecutor
ORDER
(Made by P.N.PRAKASH, J.) The petitioner challenges the impugned order of detention in Cr.M.P.No.09/Drug Offender/2022/C1 dated 11.04.2022 detaining her husband 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The learned Additional Public Prosecutor reports that the order of detention passed against the detenu has been revoked by the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.3024, Home, Prohibition and Excise (IX) Department, dated 23.05.2022 and he has also produced a copy of the Government Order. Recording the same, this Habeas Corpus Petition stands closed.
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To 1.The Secretary, Home, Prohibition and Excise Department, Fort St. George, Chennai-600 009.
2.The District Magistrate and District Collector, O/o the District Magistrate and District Collector, Erode District, Erode.
3.The Superintendent of Prison, Central Prison, Coimbatore, Coimbatore District.
4.The Superintendent of Police, Erode, Erode District.
5.The Inspector of Police, Gobichettipalayam Police Station, Erode 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.
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