Mupidathi v. The Additional Chief Secretary To Government,
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT MADRAS
DATED : 03.07.2025 CORAM :
THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE M.S. RAMESH AND THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE H.C.P.No.680 of 2025 Mupidathi Petitioner(s)/wife of the detenue Vs
1. The Additional Chief Secretary to Government, Home, Prohibition and Excise Department, Secretariat, Chennai-600 009.
2.The District Magistrate and District Collector, Office of the District Collector, Namakkal District-637 001.
3.The Superintendent of Police, Office of the Superintendent of Police, Namakkal District-637 003.
4.The Superintendent of Prison, Central Prison Salem, Salem-636 008.
5.The Inspector of Police, Senthamangalam Police Station, Namakkal-637 409.
Respondent(s)
PRAYER: Petition filed under Article 226 of the Constitution of India to issue a writ of Habeas Corpus, calling for the entire records connected with the detention order of the 2nd respondent in C.M.P.No.24/GOONDA/2025(M1) dated 23.03.2025 and quash the same and direct the respondents to produce the body and person of detenu namely Vaiyamalai, S/o.Thangavel, aged about 40 years, detained in Central Prison, Salem, before this Court and set him at liberty forthwith. For Petitioner : Mr.R.Raj Prabhu For Respondents : Mr.E.Raj Thilak Additional Public Prosecutor
ORDER
M.S.RAMESH, J.
and , J.
When the matter was taken up for hearing, the learned counsel for the petitioner, as well as the learned Additional Public Prosecutor appearing for the respondents, by producing a copy of the Government Order in G.O.Rt.No.2665, Home, Prohibition and Excise (XIV) Department, dated 13.05.2025, submitted that the detention order has already been revoked.
2. Recording the said submission, this Habeas Corpus Petition stands dismissed as infructuous.
[M.S.R., J] [V.L.N., J] 03.07.2025 Index: Yes/No Speaking/Non-speaking order Internet: Yes/No Anu To
1. The Additional Chief Secretary to Government, Home, Prohibition and Excise Department, Secretariat, Chennai-600 009.
2.The District Magistrate and District Collector, Office of the District Collector, Namakkal District-637 001.
3.The Superintendent of Police, Office of the Superintendent of Police, Namakkal District-637 003.
4.The Superintendent of Prison, Central Prison Salem, Salem-636 008.
5.The Inspector of Police, Senthamangalam Police Station, Namakkal-637 409.
M.S.RAMESH, J.
and , J.
Anu 6.The Public Prosecutor, High Court, Madras.
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