Mageswari v. The State Of Tamilnadu Rep.By Its

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT MADRAS

DATED: 22.04.2021 Coram The Honourable Mr. Justice P.N.PRAKASH and The Honourable Mr. Justice R.PONGIAPPAN H.C.P.No.1794 of 2020 Mageswari .. Petitioner Vs.

1.State of Tamil Nadu represented by The Secretary to Government, Home, Prohibition and Excise Department, Fort St.George, Chennai - 600 009.

2.The District Collector and District Magistrate, Tiruvannamalai District, Tiruvannamalai.

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

4.The Inspector of Police, Tiruvannamalai Taluk Police Station, Tiruvannamalai District.

5.The Superintendent of Prison, Central Prison, Vellore.

... Respondents Petition filed under Article 226 of the Constitution of India to issue a writ of Habeas Corpus to call for the records of the detention made in D.O.No.84/2020-C2 dated 20.08.2020 passed by the District Collector and District Magistrate, Tiruvannamalai District, Tiruvannamalai, the second respondent herein and set aside the same and direct the respondents to produce the detenu before this Court and set the detenu Saravanan, son of Sivalingam, aged about 22 years, now confined in Central Prison, Vellore and set him at liberty. https://hcservices.ecourts.gov.in/hcservices/

For Petitioner : Mr.R.Balakrishnan For Respondents : Mr.R.Prathap Kumar, Addl. Public Prosecutor

ORDER

[Order of the Court was made by P.N.PRAKASH, J.] The petitioner challenges the impugned order of detention in D.O.No.84/2020-C2 dated 20.08.2020, detaining her son as "Goonda" under Section 2(f) of the Tamil Nadu Act 14 of 1982. The learned Additional Public Prosecutor reports that the order of detention passed against the detenu has been revoked by the Government by its order in G.O.Rt.No.4400, Home, Prohibition and Excise (XI) Department, dated 16.10.2020 and he has also produced a copy of the Government Order. Recording the same, this Habeas Corpus Petition stands closed.

Sd/- Assistant Registrar(CS II) //True Copy// Sub Assistant Registrar To 1.The Secretary to Government, Home, Prohibition and Excise Department, Fort St.George, Chennai - 600 009.

2.The District Collector and District Magistrate, Tiruvannamalai District, Tiruvannamalai.

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

4.The Inspector of Police, Tiruvannamalai Taluk Police Station, Tiruvannamalai District.

5.The Superintendent of Prison, Central Prison, Vellore.

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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