Bakkialakshmi v. The State Of Tamil Nadu Rep By
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT MADRAS
DATED : 14.11.2016
CORAM
THE HON'BLE MR.JUSTICE M.JAICHANDREN and THE HON'BLE MR.JUSTICE S.BASKARAN H.C.P.No.1075 of 2016 Bakkialakshmi .. Petitioner Vs 1.The State of Tamil Nadu, rep by its Secretary to the Government, Home, Prohibition and Excise Department, Fort St. George, Chennai-600 009.
2.The Commissioner of Police, Chennai City Police, Commissioner Office, Vepery, Chennai-600 007.
.. Respondents Prayer: Petition filed under Article 226 of the Constitution of India, praying to issue a WRIT OF HABEAS CORPUS to call for the records relating to the impugned order in No.476/BCDFGISSSV/2016, dated 25.4.2016, on the file of the second respondent herein and to set aside the same as illegal and direct the respondents to produce the detenu Manoj @ Manoj Kumar, son of Radhakrishnan, aged about 30 years, now confined at Central Prison, Puzhal, Chennai, before this Court and set him at liberty.
For Petitioner : Mr.T.Thangadurai For Respondents: Mr.V.M.R.Rajentren, Additional Public Prosecutor
ORDER
(Order of the Court was made by M.JAICHANDREN,J.) This Habeas Corpus Petition has been filed, by the wife of the detenu, namely, Manoj @ Manoj Kumar, son of Ramakrishnan, aged about 30 years, praying that this Court may be pleased to issue a Writ of Habeas Corpus, to call for the records, in https://hcservices.ecourts.gov.in/hcservices/
No.476/BCDFGISSSV/2016, dated 25.4.2016, passed by the second Respondent, detaining the detenu, under Section 3(1) of 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), branding him as a "Goonda", in the Central Prison, Puzhal, Chennai, and to quash the same and to direct the Respondents to produce the body of the detenu and set him at liberty forthwith.
At this stage of the hearing of the Habeas Corpus Petition, the learned Additional Public Prosecutor appearing on behalf of the respondents would submit that the order of detention passed by the second respondent, against the detenu, Manoj @ Manoj Kumar, dated 25.4.2016, has been revoked by the Government, in G.O. Rt. No.2893, Home, Prohibition and Excise (X) Department, dated 30.6.2016 and he has also produced a copy of the said order.
Recording the submission of the learned Additional Public Prosecutor, this petition is dismissed, as infructuous. Sd/- Assistant Registrar(J) //True Copy// Sub Assistant Registrar vvk To 1.The Secretary, The State of Tamil Nadu, Home, Prohibition and Excise Department, Fort St. George, Chennai-600 009.
2.The Commissioner of Police, The Commissioner Office, Vepery, Chennai-600 007.
3. The Superintendent, Central Prison, Puzhal, Chennai. 4.The Public Prosecutor, High Court, Madras.
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