Pragathi v. State Rep By

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT MADRAS

DATED : 24.07.2024 CORAM :

THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE M.S.RAMESH AND THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE SUNDER MOHAN Pragathi .. Petitioner/ Mother of the detenue

Versus

1. State rep. by:

The Secretary to Government, Home, Prohibition and Excise Department, Fort St. George, Chennai - 9.

2. The Commissioner of Police, Salem City.

3. The Superintendent of Police, Central Prison,

4. The Inspector of Police, Ammapet Police Station, .. Respondents Prayer : Habeas Corpus Petition filed under Article 226 of the Constitution of India praying for the issuance of a Writ of Habeas Corpus, to call for the records in C.M.P.No.21/Goonda/Salem City/2024 dated 03.04.2024 on the 1/5

file of the Commissioner of Police, Salem City, the second respondent herein and quash the same as illegal and direct the respondent to produce the detenue Thiru. Shanmugam, S/o.Sekar, aged about 22 years, now confined at Central Prison, Salem, before this Court and set him at liberty. For Petitioner : M/s.S.Sengkodi For Respondents : Mr.A.Gokulakrishnan, Additional Public Prosecutor

ORDER

M.S.RAMESH , J.

and SUNDER MOHAN, J.

The petitioner herein is the mother of the detenue viz., Shanmugam, S/o.Sekar, now confined at Central Prison, Salem, has come forward with this petition challenging the detention order passed by the second respondent, dated 03.04.2024 slapped on her son, branding him as "Goonda" under the Tamil Nadu Prevention of Dangerous Activities of Bootleggers, Cyber Law Offenders, Drug Offenders, Forest Offenders, Goondas, Immoral Traffic Offenders, Sand Offenders, Sexual Offenders, Slum Grabbers and Video Pirates Act, 1982 [Tamil Nadu Act, 14 of 1982].

2. The learned Additional Public Prosecutor would submit that the order of detention passed by the second respondent as against the 2/5

petitioner's son, dated 03.04.2024 has been revoked by the Government in G.O.Rt.No.3127, Home, Prohibition and Excise (XIV) Department, dated 22.05.2024 and he has also produced a copy of the said order.

3. Recording the submission of the learned Additional Public Prosecutor, this petition is dismissed as the same has become infructuous. [M.S.R., J] [S.M., J] 24.07.2024 Index : yes/no Speaking order/Non-speaking order : yes/no grs To

1. The Secretary to Government, Home, Prohibition and Excise Department, Fort St. George, Chennai - 9.

2. The Commissioner of Police, Salem City.

3. The Superintendent of Police, Central Prison,

4. The Inspector of Police, Ammapet Police Station, 3/5

5. The Public Prosecutor, High Court of Madras.

M.S.RAMESH, J.

AND SUNDER MOHAN, J.

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