Manimegalai v. Secretary To Government

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT MADRAS

DATED 06.12.2022

CORAM

THE HONOURABLE Mr.JUSTICE P.N.PRAKASH AND THE HONOURABLE Mr.JUSTICE N.ANAND VENKATESH Manimegalai Petitioner Vs.

The Secretary to the Government Home, Prohibition and Excise Department Secretariat, Chennai 600 009 The District Collector & District Magistrate Vellore-9 The Superintendent of Police Vellore-9 The Superintendent of Prison Central Prison, Vellore-2 The Inspector of Police Vellore North Crime Police Station Respondents 1/4

Petition filed under Article 226 of the Constitution of India, praying to issue a WRIT OF HABEAS CORPUS to call for the records in connection with the order of detention dated 23.05.2022 passed by the 2nd respondent in C3/D.O.No.67/2022 against the petitioner's son Raghunathan @ Ragu, aged 29 years, S/o.Arumainathan, 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.W.Camyles Gandhi For Respondents Mr.R.Muniyapparaj Additional Public Prosecutor

O R D E R

[Made by P.N.PRAKASH, J.] The petitioner challenges the impugned order of detention in C3/D.O.No.67/2022 dated 23.05.2022, detaining her son as "Goonda" under Section 2(f) of Tamil Nadu Act 14 of 1982.

2. The learned Additional Public Prosecutor submitted that the order of 2/4

detention passed against the detenu has been revoked by the Government by its order in G.O.Rt.No.3952, Home, Prohibition and Excise (IX) Department, dated 01.07.2022 and he has also produced a copy of the said Government Order.

Recording the same, this Habeas Corpus Petition stands closed. [P.N.P., J.] [N.A.V., J.] 06.12.2022 gya To The Secretary to the Government Home, Prohibition and Excise Department Secretariat, Chennai 600 009 The District Collector & District Magistrate Vellore-9 The Superintendent of Police Vellore-9 The Superintendent of Prison Central Prison, Vellore-2 The Inspector of Police Vellore North Crime Police Station 3/4

The Public Prosecutor High Court, Madras P.N.PRAKASH, J.

AND N.ANAND VENKATESH, J.

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