G.Sangeetha v. The Additional Chief Secretary

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT MADRAS

DATED: 09.01.2023 Coram The Honourable Mr. Justice P.N.PRAKASH and The Honourable Mr. Justice N.ANAND VENKATESH Habeas Corpus Petition No.1196 of 2022 G.Sangeetha .. Petitioner vs 1.The Additional Chief Secretary, Home, Prohibition and Excise Department, Secretariat, Chennai 600 009.

2.The Commissioner of Police, Avadi, Avadi City Police, Office of the Commissioner of Police, Avadi, Chennai - 600 054.

3.The Superintendent of Prison, Central Prison, Puzhal, Chennai - 600 066.

4.The Inspector of Police, M-2, Madhavaram Milk Colony Police Station, Madhavaram, Chennai.

.. Respondents Petition filed under Article 226 of the Constitution of India to issue a Writ of Habeas Corpus call for the records relating to the detention order vide

Memo BCDFGISSSV No.31/2022 dated 11.05.2022 passed by the second respondent and set aside the same and direct the respondents to produce the body of the detenu Rajkumar, S/o.Velu, aged 30 years, now confined in the Central Prison, Puzhal, Chennai, before this Court and set him at liberty forthwith.

For Petitioner : Mr.P.Anusha Lakshmi For Respondents : Mr.R.Muniyapparaj, Additional Public Prosecutor

ORDER

[Order of the Court was made by P.N.PRAKASH.J.,] The petitioner challenges the impugned order of detention in BCDFGISSSV No.31/2022 dated 11.05.2022 detaining her husband as "Drug Offender", as contemplated under Section 2(e) of the Tamil Nadu Act 14 of 1982.

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The learned Additional Public Prosecutor reports that the order

of detention passed against the detenu has been revoked by the Government by its order in G.O.Rt.No.3922, Home, Prohibition and Excise (XIII) Department, dated 28.06.2022 and he has also produced a copy of the Government Order. Recording the same, this Habeas Corpus Petition stands closed.

(P.N.P., J.) (N.A.V.,J.) 09.01.2023 Index: Yes/No nsd To 1.The Additional Chief Secretary, Home, Prohibition and Excise Department, Secretariat, Chennai 600 009.

2.The Commissioner of Police, Avadi, Avadi City Police, Office of the Commissioner of Police, Avadi, Chennai - 600 054.

3.The Superintendent of Prison, Central Prison, Puzhal, Chennai - 600 066.

4.The Inspector of Police, M-2, Madhavaram Milk Colony Police Station, Madhavaram, Chennai.

5.The Joint Secretary to Government of Tamil Nadu, Public, Law and Order Department, Secretariat, Chennai - 9.

6.The Public Prosecutor, High Court, Madras.

P.N.PRAKASH.J., AND N.ANAND VENKATESH.J., nsd 09.01.2023