A.Archana v. State Rep By

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 A.Archana ... Petitioner Vs.

1.The Secretary to Government Home, Prohibition & Excise Department, Fort St George Chennai 600 009.

2.The District Collector, O/o.The District Collector & District Magistrate, Vellore District, Vellore.

3.The Superintendent of Police O/o.The Superintendent of Police Sathuvachari, Vellore District.

4.The Superintendent of Prison Central Prison, Vellore, Thorapadi Vellore 632 002.

5.The Inspector of Police Pernambut Police Station Vellore 635 810 ... Respondents Prayer : Habeas Corpus Petition filed under Article 226 of the Constitution of India, calling for the records related to the detention order dated 29.05.2023 passed by the 2nd respondent herein in C3/D.O.No.43/2023 and quash the same and direct the respondent herein to produce the petitioner's husband namely Abbas, son of Thiyagarajan, aged about 27 years residing at No.368, Ambedkar Nagar, Sthkar Post, Pernambut, Vellore District who is presently undergoing detention in the Central Prison, Vellore before this Court and set him at liberty forthwith.

For Petitioner : Mr.J.Prakasam For Respondents : Mr.E.Raj Thilak Additional Public Prosecutor

ORDER

[Order of the Court was made by S.S.SUNDAR, J.,] (1)The petitioner, wife of the detenu Abbas, has come forward with this petition challenging the detention order passed by the 2nd respondent dated 29.05.2023 slapped on her husband, branding her husband 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order of detention passed by the second respondent as against the husband of the petitioner herein dated 29.05.2023 has been revoked by the Government in G.O. [Rt] No.3751, Home, Prohibition & Excise [IX] Department dated 11.07.2023 and he has also produced a copy of the said order.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 Home, Prohibition & Excise Department, Fort St George Chennai 600 009.

2.The District Collector, O/o.The District Collector & District Magistrate, Vellore District, Vellore.

3.The Superintendent of Police O/o.The Superintendent of Police Sathuvachari, Vellore District.

4.The Superintendent of Prison Central Prison, Vellore, Thorapadi Vellore 632 002.

5.The Inspector of Police Pernambut Police Station Vellore 635 810.

6.The Public Prosecutor, High Court, Madras.

S.S. SUNDAR, J., and SUNDER MOHAN, J., AP 16.10.2023