Kala v. State Of Tamil Nadu

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.1236 of 2022 Kala ..... Petitioner -Versus1.State of Tamil Nadu rep. By its Secretary to Government, Home, Prohibition and Excise Department, Secretariat, Chennai 600009.

2.The District Collector and District Magistrate of Vellore District, Vellore.

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

4.The Inspector of Police, Thiruvalam Police Station, Vellore District.

5.The Superintendent, Central Prison, Salem.

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

petitioner's husband's detention under Tamil Nadu Act 14 of 1982 vide detention order dated 08.06.2022 on the file of the second respondent herein made in proceedings in C3/D.O.No.74/2022, quash the same as illegal and consequently direct the respondents herein to produce the petitioner's husband namely Palani, son of Thirumeni, aged 42 years before this Court and set the petitioner's husband at liberty from detention, now the petitioner's husband detained at Central Prison, Salem. For Petitioner : Mr.C.C.Chellappan 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 C3/D.O.No.74/2022 dated 08.06.2022, detaining her husband as "Drug Offender", as contemplated under Section 2(e) 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The learned Additional Public Prosecutor reports that the order of detention passed against the detenu has been revoked by the Government by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.4393, Home, Prohibition and Excise (IX) Department, dated 14.07.2022 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 kmk To 1.The Secretary to Government, Home, Prohibition and Excise Department, Secretariat, Chennai 600009. 2.The District Collector and District Magistrate of Vellore District, Vellore.

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

4.The Inspector of Police, Thiruvalam Police Station, Vellore District.

5.The Superintendent, Central Prison, Salem.

6.The Joint Secretary to Government of Tamil Nadu, Public, Law and Order Department, Secretariat, Chennai - 9. 7.The Public Prosecutor, High Court, Madras.

P.N.PRAKASH.J., AND N.ANAND VENKATESH.J., kmk 09..01..2023