A.Chitra v. The Secretary To Government

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT MADRAS

DATED: 22.11.2022 Coram The Honourable Mr. Justice P.N.PRAKASH and The Honourable Mr. Justice G.CHANDRASEKHARAN A.Chitra .. Petitioner Vs 1.The Secretary to Government, Home, Prohibition and Excise Department, Secretariat, Fort St.George, Chennai-600 009.

2.The Commissioner of Police, Greater Chennai, Vepery, Chennai.

3.The Additional Superintendent, Central Prison, Coimbatore.

4.The Inspector of Police, P-1, Puliyanthope Police Station, Chennai.

... Respondents Petition filed under Article 226 of the Constitution of India to issue a writ of Habeas Corpus to produce the body of the petitioner's husband viz. Ambed @ Ambedkar, S/o.Narayanan, aged about 35

years, who is detained in the third respondent/The Additional Superintendent, Central Prison, Coimbatore, before this Court and set him at liberty forthwith by calling for the records pursuant to the detention order dated 07.05.2022 made in Memo No.109/BCDFGISSSV/2022 on the file of the second respondent herein and quash the same.

For Petitioner : Mr.B.Gopalakrishnan For Respondents : Mr.R.Muniyapparaj Addl. Public Prosecutor

ORDER

(Made by P.N.PRAKASH, J.) The petitioner challenges the impugned order of detention in No.109/BCDFGISSSV/2022 dated 07.05.2022 detaining her husband as "Goonda", as contemplated under Section 2(f) 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The learned Additional Public Prosecutor reports that the order of detention passed against the detenu has been revoked by the Government by its order in G.O.Rt.No.3919, Home, Prohibition and

Excise (XIII) Department, dated 28.06.2022 and he has also produced a copy of the Government Order. Recording the same, this Habeas Corpus Petition stands closed.

(P.N.P., J.) (G.C.S., J.) 22.11.2022 Index: Yes/No nsd To 1.The Secretary to Government, Home, Prohibition and Excise Department, Secretariat, Fort St.George, Chennai-600 009.

2.The Commissioner of Police, Greater Chennai, Vepery, Chennai.

3.The Additional Superintendent, Central Prison, Coimbatore.

4.The Inspector of Police, P-1, Puliyanthope Police Station, Chennai.

5.The Joint Secretary to Government of Tamil Nadu, Public, Law and Order Department, Secretariat, Chennai - 9.

6.The Public Prosecutor, High Court, Madras.

P.N.PRAKASH, J.

and G.CHANDRASEKHARAN, J.

nsd 22.11.2022