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Gunasundari v. Government Of Tamil Nadu, Rep.By Its Secretary

2022-11-15Honourable Mr Justice P. N. Prakash,Honourable Mr Justice Rmt. Teekaa Raman4 pages

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT MADRAS

DATED: 15.11.2022 Coram The Honourable Mr. Justice P.N.PRAKASH and The Honourable Mr. Justice RMT.TEEKAA RAMAN Gunasundari .. Petitioner Vs 1.Government of Tamil Nadu represented by its Secretary, Home, Prohibition and Excise Department, Secretariat, Chennai-600 009.

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

3.The Superintendent, Central Prison, Salem.

4.The Superintendent of Police, Tirupathur District.

5.The Inspector of Police, Jolarpettai Police Station, Tirupathur District.

... Respondents Petition filed under Article 226 of the Constitution of India to issue a writ of Habeas Corpus calling for the records in

C3/D.O.No.19/2022 dated 08.04.2022 on the file of the second respondent and quash the same and direct the respondent herein to produce the body of the detenu Anbarasu, male, aged 18 years, son of Jayachandran, now confined in the Central Prison, Salem, before this Court and set him at liberty.

For Petitioner : Ms.S.P.Arthi For Respondents : Mr.R.Muniyapparaj Addl. Public Prosecutor

ORDER

(Made by P.N.PRAKASH, J.) The petitioner challenges the impugned order of detention in C3/D.O.No.19/2022 dated 08.04.2022 detaining her 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The learned Additional Public Prosecutor reports that the order of detention passed against the detenu has been revoked by the Government by its order in G.O.Rt.No.2879, Home, Prohibition and

Excise (IX) Department, dated 18.05.2022 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) 15.11.2022 Index: Yes/No nsd To 1.The Secretary, Home, Prohibition and Excise Department, Secretariat, Chennai-600 009.

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

3.The Superintendent, Central Prison, Salem.

4.The Superintendent of Police, Tirupathur District.

5.The Inspector of Police, Jolarpettai Police Station, Tirupathur 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 15.11.2022