Pavankumar v. The Secretary To Government,

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT MADRAS

DATED : 20.11.2023 CORAM :

THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE S.S. SUNDAR AND THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE SUNDER MOHAN Pavankumar ... Petitioner Vs.

1.The Secretary to the Government, Home, Prohibition and Excise Department, Secretariat, Fort St. George, Chennai - 600 009.

2.The District Collector and District Magistrate, Tiruvannamalai District, Tiruvannamalai.

3.The Superintendent of Police, Tiruvannamalai, 4.The Superintendent of Prison, Special Prison for Women, Vellore, Vellore District.

5.State represented by its Inspector of Police, Tiruvannamalai Taluk Police Station, ... Respondents Prayer : Habeas Corpus Petition filed under Article 226 of the Constitution of India praying for the issuance of a Writ of Habeas Corpus to call for the entire records, relating to the petitioners wife detention under Tamilnadu Act 14 of 1982 vide detention order, dated 19.06.2023 on the file of the second respondent herein made in proceedings Memo D.O.No.62/2023-C2, quash the same as illegal and consequently direct the respondents herein to produce the petitioner's wife namely Revathy, W/o.Pavankumar, aged 31 years, before this Honble Court and set the petitioner's wife at liberty from detention, now the petitioner's wife detained at Special Prison for Women, Vellore.

For Petitioner :

Mr.R.Sasikumar For Respondents :

Mr.E.Raj Thilak Additional Public Prosecutor assisted by Aravind C.

O R D E R

(Order of the Court was made by S.S. SUNDAR, J.) The petitioner, husband of the detenue, namely Revathi, aged 31 years, has come forward with this petition challenging the detention order passed by the 2nd respondent dated 19.06.2023 slapped on his wife,

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order of detention passed by the second respondent as against the wife of the petitioner herein dated 19.06.2023 has been revoked by the Government in G.O.[Rt].No.3988, Home, Prohibition & Excise (XI) Department, dated 21.07.2023 and he has also produced a copy of the said order.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 the same has become infructuous. (S.S.S.R., J.) (S.M., J.) 20.11.2023 mkn Internet : Yes Index : Yes / No To

1.The Secretary to the Government, Home, Prohibition and Excise Department, Secretariat, Fort St. George, Chennai - 600 009. 2.The District Collector & District Magistrate, Tiruvannamalai District, Tiruvannamalai.

3.The Superintendent of Police, Tiruvannamalai, 4.The Superintendent of Prison, Special Prison for Women, Vellore, Vellore District.

5.The Inspector of Police, Tiruvannamalai Taluk Police Station, 6.The Public Prosecutor, High Court, Madras.

S.S. SUNDAR , J.

and SUNDER MOHAN, J.

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