Helina v. The Secretary To The Government,
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT MADRAS
DATED : 11.07.2024 CORAM :
THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE M.S.RAMESH AND THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE SUNDER MOHAN Helina ... Petitioner/Wife of the detenue Vs.
1.The Secretary to the Government, Home, Prohibition & Excise (XVI) Department, Secretariat, Chennai-600 009.
2.The District Magistrate and District Collector, Office of the District Collector, 3.The Superintendent of Police, O/o. Superintendent of Police, 4.The Superintendent of Prison, Central Prison Puzhal, Puzhal, Chennai.
5.The Inspector of Police, Vengal Police Station, ... Respondents Prayer : Habeas Corpus Petition filed under Article 226 of the Constitution of India praying for the issuance of a Writ of Habeas Corpus calling for the records connected with the detention order in B.C.D.F.G.I.S.S.S.V.No.07/2024 dated 20.03.2024 on the file of the respondent No.2 and quash the same and direct the respondents to produce the body and person of petitioner's husband one naced Mr.Alex @ Andrews Alexander S/o.Devavaram aged about 37 years now confined at Central Prison, Puzhal, Chennai before this Hon'ble Court and set him at liberty forthwith.
For Petitioner :
Mr.P.Muthamizhselvakumar For Respondents :
Mr.A.Gokulakrishnan Additional Public Prosecutor
ORDER
M.S.RAMESH , J.
and SUNDER MOHAN, J.
The petitioner herein is the wife of the detenue viz., Andrews Alexander @ Alex S/o.Devaram, the detenue, now confined at Central Prison-II, Puzhal, Chennai, has come forward with this petition challenging
the detention order passed by the second respondent dated 20.03.2024 slapped on her husband, branding him as "Sand Offender" under the Tamil Nadu Prevention of Dangerous Activities of Bootleggers, Drug Offenders, Forest Offenders, Goondas, Immoral Traffic Offenders, Sand Offenders, Slum Grabbers and Video Pirates Act, 1982 [Tamil Nadu Act, 14 of 1982]. 2.The learned Additional Public Prosecutor would submit that the order of detention passed by the second respondent as against the petitioner's husband, dated 20.03.2024 has been revoked by the Government in G.O.Rt.No.2629, Home, Prohibition and Excise (XI) Department, dated 03.05.2024 and he has also produced a copy of the said order. 3.Recording the submission of the learned Additional Public Prosecutor, this petition is dismissed as the same has become infructuous. [M.S.R., J] [S.M., J] 11.07.2024 Anu Internet : Yes Index : Yes / No
M.S.RAMESH , J.
and SUNDER MOHAN, J.
Anu 1.The Secretary to the Government, Home, Prohibition & Excise (XVI) Department, Secretariat, Chennai-600 009.
2.The District Magistrate and District Collector, Office of the District Collector, 3.The Superintendent of Police, O/o. Superintendent of Police, 4.The Superintendent of Prison, Central Prison Puzhal, Puzhal, Chennai.
5.The Inspector of Police, Vengal Police Station, 6.The Public Prosecutor, High Court, Madras.
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