Jeevitha v. State Rep.By, The Secretary To Government,
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT MADRAS
DATED : 04.07.2025 CORAM :
THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE M.S. RAMESH AND THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE V.LAKSHMINARAYANAN Jeevitha ... Petitioner Vs.
1.State rep. by The Secretary to Government Home, Prohibition and Excise Department Fort St. George Chennai - 600 009 2.The Commissioner of Police Salem City 3.The Superintendent of Prison Central Prison Salem 4.The Inspector of Police Kichipalayam Police Station Salem ... Respondents PRAYER: Petition filed under Article 226 of the Constitution of India to issue a writ of Habeas Corpus, to call for the records in C.M.P.No.9/Drug
Offender/Salem City/2025 dated 26.03.2025, 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 Santhosh @ Alleluya, S/o.Jagadesh, aged about 21 years, now confined at Central Prison, Salem, before this Court and set him at liberty. For Petitioner : Mr.S.Sengkodi For Respondents : Mr.E.Raj Thilak Additional Public Prosecutor
ORDER
M.S.RAMESH, J.
AND V.LAKSHMINARAYANAN, 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.2470, Home, Prohibition and Excise (XIV) Department, dated 05.05.2025, submitted that the detention order has already been revoked.
2. Recording the said submission, this Habeas Corpus Petition stands dismissed as infructuous. No costs.
[M.S.R, J.] [V.L.N, J.] 04.07.2025 kas
To The Secretary to Government Home, Prohibition and Excise Department Fort St. George Chennai - 600 009 2.The Commissioner of Police Salem City 3.The Superintendent of Prison Central Prison Salem 4.The Inspector of Police Kichipalayam Police Station Salem 5.The Public Prosecutor High Court of Madras Chennai 600 104
M.S.RAMESH, J.
and V.LAKSHMINARAYANAN, J.
kas 04.07.2025