S.Gunasekari v. The State Of Tamil Nadu Rep. By Its
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 S.Gunasekari ... Petitioner/Mother of the detenue Vs.
1.The Sate of Tamil Nadu Rep by its Secretary, Home, Prohibition and Excise Department, Secretariat, Chennai-600 009.
2.The District Collector and District Magistrate, Cuddalore District, Cuddalore.
3.The Superintendent of Police, Cuddalore.
4.The Superintendent, Central Prison, Cuddalore.
4.The Inspector of Police, Kannapuram Police Station, Kannapuram, ... Respondents Prayer : Habeas Corpus Petition filed under Article 226 of the Constitution of India praying for the issuance of a Writ of Habeas Corpus, to call for the records relating to the detention order of the 2nd respondent dated 18.03.2024 in C3/D.D./20/2024 and quash the same and direct the respondents to produce the detenue namely, S.Agothaman, aged 45 years Son of Srinivasan (TPDA No.4160), before this Hon'ble Court and now confined at Central Prison, Cuddalore, and set aside the same and direct the respondents to produce the detenue before the Hon'ble Court and set him at liberty.
For Petitioner :
Mr.K.Selvaraj.
For Respondents :
Mr.A.Gokulakrishnan Additional Public Prosecutor
ORDER
M.S.RAMESH , J.
and SUNDER MOHAN, J.
The petitioner herein is the mother of the detenu viz., Agothaman, S/o.Seenivasan, the detenue, now confined at Central Prison, Cuddalore, has
come forward with this petition challenging the detention order passed by the second respondent dated 18.03.2024 slapped on her son, branding him as "Goonda" 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that the order of detention passed by the second respondent as against the petitioner's son, dated 18.03.2024 has been revoked by the Government in G.O.Rt.No.2472, Home, Prohibition and Excise (XI) Department, dated 26.04.2024 and he has also produced a copy of the said order.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
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M.S.RAMESH , J.
and SUNDER MOHAN, J.
Anu 1.The Secretary, Home, Prohibition and Excise Department, Secretariat, Chennai-600 009.
2.The District Collector and District Magistrate, Cuddalore District, Cuddalore.
3.The Superintendent of Police, Cuddalore.
4.The Superintendent, Central Prison, Cuddalore.
4.The Inspector of Police, Kannapuram Police Station, Kannapuram, 6.The Public Prosecutor, High Court, Madras.
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