Pushpa, F/A 46 Years v. The State Of Tamilnadu Rep.By

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT MADRAS

DATED 13.03.2017

CORAM

THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE S.NAGAMUTHU and THE HONOURABLE DR.JUSTICE ANITA SUMANTH H.C.P No.1873 of 2016 Pushpa .. Petitioner/Mother of the detenu Vs 1.The Secretary to the Government, Home Prohibition and Excise Dept., Secretariat, Fort St.George, Chennai 600 009.

2.The Commissioner of Police, Greater Chennai Police, Chennai. .. Respondents Habeas Corpus Petition filed under Article 226 of the Constitution of India to issue a writ of Habeas Corpus of any other writ of direction to call for the records leading to the detention of the petitioner's son Bala @ Balakrishanan Male aged 29 years is presently lodged in Central Prison Puzhal at Chennai and has been detained under Act 14/82 as a "Goonda" vide detention order 29.07.2016 on the file of the second Respondent herein, made in BCDFGISSSV No./ 793/2016 quash the same and consequently direct the respondents herein to produce the body and person of the said detenu before this Hon'ble Court and thereafter set him at liberty.

For Petitioner : Mr.M.Rajavelu For respondents : Mr.V.M.R. Rajendran Addl. Public Prosecutor

ORDER

(Order of the Court was made by S. NAGAMUTHU,J.,) The petitioner, who is the son of the detenu Bala @ Balakrishnan, aged 29 years, has come forward with this petition challenging the detention order passed by the second https://hcservices.ecourts.gov.in/hcservices/

respondent dated 29.07.2016 against her son branding him as a "Goonda" 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that the order of detention passed by the second respondent as against the son of the petitioner dated 29.07.2016 has been revoked by the Government in G.O. [Rt] No.4633 Home, Prohibition & Excise [X] Department dated 28.09.2016 and he has also produced a copy of the said order.

3. Recording the submission of the learned Additional Public Prosecutor, this petition is closed as the same has become infructuous.

s/d- Assistant Registrar(CS-II) True Copy Sub-Assistant Registrar sr/bri To 1.The Secretary to the Government, Home Prohibition and Excise Dept., Secretariat, Chennai 600 009.

2.The Commissioner of Police, Greater Chennai Police.

3.The Public Prosecutor, High Court, Madras.

H.C.P.No.1873 of 2016 PVS(CO) GN(06/04/2017) https://hcservices.ecourts.gov.in/hcservices/