Savithiri v. State Rep By
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.956 of 2022 Savithiri W/o.Manickam ... Petitioner Vs.
State represented by 1.The Secretary to Government, Home, Prohibition and Excise Department, Secretariat, Fort St.George, Chennai - 600 009.
2.The Commissioner of Police, 3.The Superintendent of Prison, Central Prison, Salem.
4.The Inspector of Police, Kondalampatty Police Station, ... Respondents 1/4
Writ Petition filed under Article 226 of the Constitution of India to issue a writ of Habeas Corpus calling for the records in C.M.P.No.42/Goonda/Salem City/2022 dated 18.05.2022 on the file of the Commissioner of Police, Salem City, the second respondent herein and quash the same as illegal and direct the respondents to produce the detenu Prabakaran @ Sathish @ Kottaiyan S/o.Manickam, aged about 30 years, now confined at Central Prison, Salem, before this Court and set him at liberty.
For Petitioner :
Ms.S.Sengkodi 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., Prabakaran @ Sathish @ Kottaiyan S/o.Manickam, aged about 30 years. The detenu has been detained by the second respondent by his order in C.M.P.No.42/Goonda/Salem City/2022 dated 18.05.2022, holding him to be a "Goonda", as contemplated under Section 2(f) of Tamil Nadu Act 14 of 1982. The said order is under challenge in this Habeas Corpus Petition. 2/4
2. Learned Additional Public Prosecutor would submit that the detention order passed against the detenu in C.M.P.No.42/Goonda/Salem City/2022 dated 18.05.2022, on the file of the second respondent is revoked vide G.O.Rt.No.3906, Home, Prohibition and Excise (XIV) Department, dated 28.06.2022 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, Fort St.George, Chennai - 600 009.
2.The Commissioner of Police, 3.The Superintendent of Prison, Central Prison, Salem.
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P.N.PRAKASH, J.
and RMT. TEEKAA RAMAN, J.
gm 4.The Inspector of Police, Kondalampatty Police Station, 5.The Joint Secretary to Government of Tamil Nadu, Public, Law and Order Department, Secretariat, Chennai - 9.
6.The Public Prosecutor, High Court, Madras.
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