K. Ramarajan v. Secretary To Government
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT MADRAS
DATED : 16.10.2023 CORAM :
THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE S.S. SUNDAR AND THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE SUNDER MOHAN K.Ramarajan ... Petitioner Vs.
1.The State of Tamil Nadu rep.by its Secretary to Government Home, Prohibition & Excise Department, Fort St George Chennai 600 009.
2.The District Collector & District Magistrate O/o.The Collectorate, Villupuram 605 602.
3.The Superintendent of Police O/o.The Superintendent of Police Villupuram District.
4.The Superintendent of Prison Special Prison for Women Vellore 632 002.
5.The Inspector of Police PEW, Villupuram Police Station Villupuram 605 602.
... Respondents Prayer : Habeas Corpus Petition filed under Article 226 of the Constitution of India, calling for the records in detention order passed in Memo.No.C2/37266/2023 order dated 30.05.2023 on the file of the 2nd respondent herein and set aside the same and direct the respondents to produce the detenue i.e., the body of P.Jayapratha W/o.Pandurangan alias Pandu, female, aged about 37 years, the detenue detained under Act, 14 of 1982, in detention order Memo No.C2/37266/2023 order dated 30.05.2023 herein now confined in Special Prison for Women, Vellore, before this Court and set her at liberty.
For Petitioner : Mr.S.Ambedkar For Respondents : Mr.E.Raj Thilak Additional Public Prosecutor
ORDER
[Order of the Court was made by S.S.SUNDAR, J.,] (1)The petitioner, sister of the detenue Jayapratha, wife of Pandurangan @ Pandu, has come forward with this petition challenging the detention order passed by the 2nd respondent dated 30.05.2023 slapped on his sister, branding her as "Bootlegger" under the Tamil Nadu Prevention of
Dangerous Activities of Bootleggers, Drug Offenders, Forest Offenders, Goondas, Immoral Traffic Offenders, Sand Offenders, Slum Grabbers and Video Pirates Act, 1982 [Tamil Nadu Act 14 of 1982]. (2)The learned Additional Public Prosecutor would submit that the order of detention passed by the second respondent as against the sister of the petitioner herein dated 30.05.2023 has been revoked by the Government in G.O. [Rt] No.3525, Home, Prohibition & Excise [XIV] Department dated 30.06.2023 and he has also produced a copy of the said order. (3)Recording the submission of the learned Additional Public Prosecutor, this petition is dismissed as having become infructuous. [S.S.S.R., J.] [S.M, J.] 16.10.2023 AP Internet : Yes
To 1.The Secretary to Government State of Tamil Nadu Home, Prohibition & Excise Department, Fort St George Chennai 600 009.
2.The District Collector & District Magistrate O/o.The Collectorate, Villupuram 605 602.
3.The Superintendent of Police O/o.The Superintendent of Police Villupuram District.
4.The Superintendent of Prison Special Prison for Women Vellore 632 002.
5.The Inspector of Police PEW, Villupuram Police Station Villupuram 605 602.
6.The Public Prosecutor, High Court, Madras.
S.S. SUNDAR, J., and SUNDER MOHAN, J., AP 16.10.2023