Tmt. Minnal Kodi v. The State Of Tamil Nadu

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT MADRAS

DATED: 21.11.2022 Coram THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE P.N.PRAKASH and THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE SUNDER MOHAN H.C.P.No.954 of 2022 Minnal Kodi W/o.Prakash ... Petitioner Vs.

1.The State of Tamil Nadu, represented by its Secretary to Government, Home, Prohibition and Excise (XVI) Department, Fort St.George, Secretariat, Chennai - 600 009.

2.The District Collector and District Magistrate, Ranipet, 3.The Superintendent of Police, Ranipet, 4.The Superintendent of Prison, Central Prison, Salem, Salem District.

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5.The Inspector of Police, Arcot Town Police Station, ... Respondents 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 in his office Ref.B3/D.O.No.16/2022 dated 29.04.2022 against the petitioner's son, by name, Saran S/o.Prakash, aged about 21 years, now confined at Central Prison, Salem, Salem District and set aside the same and direct the respondents to produce the above said detenu before this Court and set him at liberty.

For Petitioner :

Mr.E.Kannadasan For Respondents :

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

O R D E R

[Made by P.N.PRAKASH, J.] The petitioner is the wife of the detenue viz., Saran S/o.Prakash, aged about 21 years. The detenue has been detained by the second respondent by his order in B3/D.O.No.16/2022 dated 29.04.2022, holding him to be a "Drug Offender", as contemplated under Section 2(e) of the Tamil Nadu Act, 14/1982. 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 detenue in B3/D.O.No.16/2022 dated 29.04.2022, on the file of the second respondent is revoked vide G.O.Rt.No.3710, Home, Prohibition and Excise (IX) Department, dated 20.06.2022 and produced a copy of the said order. In view of the above, this petition is closed as it has become infructuous.

[PNP, J.] [SM, J.] 21.11.2022 Index: Yes/No gm To 1.The Secretary to Government, Home, Prohibition and Excise (XVI) Department, Fort St.George, Secretariat, Chennai - 600 009.

2.The District Collector and District Magistrate, Ranipet, 3.The Superintendent of Police, Ranipet, 3/4

P.N.PRAKASH, J.

and SUNDER MOHAN, J.

gm 4.The Superintendent of Prison, Central Prison, Salem, Salem District.

5.The Inspector of Police, Arcot Town Police Station, 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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