Manjula v. Secretary To Government
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.1348 of 2022 Manjula ..... Petitioner -Versus1.The Secretary to Government, Home, Prohibition and Excise Department, Secretariat, Fort St. George, Chennai 600009. 2.The District Collector and District Magistrate, Collector's Office, Ranipet District, Ranipet. 3.The Superintendent of Prison, Central Prison, Vellore.
4.The Superintendent of Police, Ranipet, Ranipet 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 husband detention order dated 25.05.2022 on the file of the second respondent therein made in proceedings Memo B3/D.O.No.30/2022, quash the same as illegal and consequently direct the respondents herein to
produce the petitioner's husband namely Munusamy, aged 60 years, S/o.Thiruvengadam before this Court and set the petitioner's husband at liberty from detention, now the petitioner's husband detained at Central Prison, Vellore.
For Petitioner : Mr.C.P.Sivakumar 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 B3/D.O.No.30/2022 dated 25.05.2022, detaining her husband as "Bootlegger", as contemplated under Section 2(b) 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The learned Additional Public Prosecutor reports that the order of detention passed against the detenu has been revoked by the Government by its order in G.O.Rt.No.4305, Home, Prohibition and Excise (IX) Department, dated 11.07.2022 and he has also produced a copy of the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, Fort St. George, Chennai 600009. 2.The District Collector and District Magistrate, Collector's Office, Ranipet District, Ranipet. 3.The Superintendent of Prison, Central Prison, Vellore.
4.The Superintendent of Police, Ranipet, Ranipet 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., kmk 09..01..2023