Manjulla v. The Secretary To The Government

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT MADRAS

DATED: 28.11.2022 Coram THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE P.N.PRAKASH and THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE RMT. TEEKAA RAMAN H.C.P.No.894 of 2022 Manjula W/o.Thiruvankadam ... Petitioner Vs.

1.The Secretary to Government, Home, Prohibition and Excise Department, Secretariat, Chennai - 600 009.

2.The District Collector and District Magistrate, Vellore District, Vellore - 9.

3.The Superintendent of Police, Vellore District, Vellore - 9.

4.The Superintendent of Prison, Central Prison, Vellore.

5.The Inspector of Police, Gudiyatham Town Police Station, Vellore District.

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Writ Petition filed under Article 226 of the Constitution of India to issue a writ of Habeas Corpus calling for the records in connection with the order of detention passed by the second respondent dated 15.05.2022 in C3/D.O.No.64/2022 against the petitioner's son Kumaran S/o.Thiruvenkadam, aged 29 years, who is confined at Central Prison, Vellore and set aside the same and direct the respondents to produce the detenu before this Court and set him at liberty. For Petitioner :

Mr.D.Balaji For Respondents :

Mr.R.Muniyapparaj Additional Public Prosecutor *****

O R D E R

[Made by P.N.PRAKASH, J.] The petitioner is the mother of the detenu viz., Kumaran S/o.Thiruvenkadam, aged 29 years. The detenu has been detained by the second respondent by his order in C3/D.O.No.64/2022 dated 15.05.2022, holding him to be a "Drug Offender", as contemplated under Section 2(e) of Tamil Nadu Act 14 of 1982. The said order is under challenge in this Habeas Corpus Petition.

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2. Learned Additional Public Prosecutor would submit that the detention order passed against the detenu in C3/D.O.No.64/2022 dated 15.05.2022, on the file of the second respondent is revoked vide G.O.Rt.No.3949, Home, Prohibition and Excise (IX) Department, dated 01.07.2022 and produced a copy of the said order. In view of the above, this petition is closed as it has become infructuous.

[PNP, J.] [TKR, J.] 28.11.2022 Index: Yes/No gm To 1.The Secretary to Government, Home, Prohibition and Excise Department, Secretariat, Chennai - 600 009.

2.The District Collector and District Magistrate, Vellore District, Vellore - 9.

3.The Superintendent of Police, Vellore District, Vellore - 9.

4.The Superintendent of Prison, Central Prison, Vellore.

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P.N.PRAKASH, J.

and RMT. TEEKAA RAMAN, J.

gm 5.The Inspector of Police, Gudiyatham Town Police Station, Vellore 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.

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