Nilafar v. The Secretary To Government

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT MADRAS

DATED: 10.01.2023 Coram The Honourable Mr. Justice P.N.PRAKASH and The Honourable Mr. Justice N.ANAND VENKATESH Habeas Corpus Petition No.1300 of 2022 Nilafar ... Petitioner vs 1.The Secretary to Government, Home, Prohibition and Excise Department, Secretariat, Fort St. George, Chennai 600009. 2.The Commissioner of Police / Detaining Authority Tiruppur City, Tiruppur District.

3.The Superintendent of Prison, Central Prison, Coimbatore, Coimbatore District.

4.State represented by its The Inspector of Police, Veerapandi Police Station, Tiruppur District.

.. 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 son detention under Tamil Nadu Act 14 of 1982 vide detention

order dated 22.06.2022 on the file of the second respondent therein made in proceedings Memo C.No.46/G/IS/Tiruppur City/2022 quash the same as illegal and consequently direct the respondents herein to produce the petitioner's son viz. Mohamed Asif, S/o.Jaffer, aged 23 years, before this Court and set the petitioner's son at liberty from detention, now the petitioner's son detained at the Central Prison, Coimbatore. For Petitioner : Mr.W.Camyles Gandhi 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 C.No.46/G/IS/Tiruppur City/ 2022 dated 22.06.2022, detaining her son as "Goonda", as contemplated 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The learned Additional Public Prosecutor reports that the order of detention passed against the detenu has been revoked by the Government by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.4569, Home, Prohibition and Excise (XII) Department, dated 20.07.2022 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.) 10.01.2023 Index: Yes/No nsd To 1.The Secretary to Government, Home, Prohibition and Excise Department, Secretariat, Fort St. George, Chennai 600009. 2.The Commissioner of Police / Detaining Authority Tiruppur City, Tiruppur District.

3.The Superintendent of Prison, Central Prison, Coimbatore, Coimbatore District.

4.The Inspector of Police, Veerapandi Police Station, Tiruppur District.

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 10.01.2023