Nithyasrinivasan v. State Of Tamilnadu

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT MADRAS

DATED: 02.01.2023 Coram THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE P.N.PRAKASH and THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE N.ANAND VENKATESH H.C.P.No.1195 of 2022 Nithya Srinivasan W/o.Appu @ Prabakaran .. Petitioner Vs.

1.State of Tamil Nadu represented by its Secretary to Government, Home, Prohibition and Excise Department, Fort St.George, Chennai.

2.The District Collector/District Magistrate, Tirupattur, Tirupattur District.

3.The Superintendent of Police, Tirupattur, Tirupattur District.

4.The Superintendent of Prison, Salem Central Prison, Salem.

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5.The Inspector of Police, Jolarpet Police Station, Tirupattur District.

.. Respondents Habeas Corpus Petition filed under Article 226 of the Constitution of India praying to issue a Writ of Habeas Corpus calling for the records pertaining to the detenu Appu @ Prabakaran S/o.Purusothaman, aged 35 years, who is detained under Tamil Nadu Act 14 of 1982 as Drug Offender at Salem Central Prison, Salem, with the fourth respondent herein vide order in No.C3/D.O.No.32/2022 dated 22.05.2022 on the file of the second respondent herein and quash the same and direct the fourth respondent herein to produce the detenu before this Court and set him at liberty.

For Petitioner :

Mr.I.Periaswamy For Respondents :

Mr.R.Muniyapparaj Additional Public Prosecutor *****

ORDER

[Made by P.N.PRAKASH, J] The petitioner is the wife of the detenu viz., Appu @ Prabakaran S/o.Purusothaman, aged 35 years. The detenu has been detained by the second respondent by his order in C3/D.O.No.32/2022 dated 22.05.2022, holding him to be a "Drug Offender", as contemplated under Section 2(e) of Tamil Nadu Act 14 of 1982. The said order is under challenge in this Habeas Corpus Petition. 2/4

2. Learned Additional Public Prosecutor would submit that the detention order passed against the detenu in C3/D.O.No.32/2022 dated 22.05.2022, on the file of the second respondent is revoked vide G.O.Rt.No.3951, Home, Prohibition and Excise (IX) Department, dated 01.07.2022 and produced a copy of the said order.

In view of the above, this petition is closed as it has become infructuous. [P.N.P., J] [N.A.V., J] 02.01.2023 Index: Yes/No gm/ssr To 1.The Secretary to Government, Home, Prohibition and Excise Department, Fort St.George, Chennai.

2.The District Collector/District Magistrate, Tirupattur, Tirupattur District.

3.The Superintendent of Police, Tirupattur, Tirupattur District.

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P.N.PRAKASH, J and N.ANAND VENKATESH, J ssr 4.The Superintendent of Prison, Salem Central Prison, Salem.

5.The Inspector of Police, Jolarpet Police Station, Tirupattur District.

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

7.The Public Prosecutor, High Court, Madras.

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