Renuka Devi v. The Secretary To The Government

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT MADRAS

DATED: 18-06-2026

CORAM

THE HON'BLE DR.JUSTICE ANITA SUMANTH AND THE HON'BLE MR.JUSTICE SUNDER MOHAN Renuka Devi D/o Govindaraj, W/o Kannan @ Tamizhagan, No.11 A R V. Road Santhu, Tiruppur District, Tiruppur-641 602.

..Petitioner(s) Vs

1. The Government of Tamil Nadu, Rep. by its Secretary to Government, Home (Prison - IV) Department, Fort St.George, Chennai - 600009.

2. The Additional Director of General of Prisons 2nd Floor, Thalamuthu Natarajan Maaligal, Gandhi Irwin Road, Egmore, Chennai-8.

3. The Deputy Inspector General of Prisons and Corrrectional Services, Coimbatore Range, Central prison campus, Coimbatore 18.

4. The Superintendent of Prison, Central Prison at Coimbatore, Coimbatore-641018.

..Respondent(s) Petition filed under Article 226 of the Constitution of India, to issue a Writ of Certiorarified Mandamus or order or direction in the nature of Writ or

any other appropriate writ calling for entire records in pursuant to the order passed by the 4th respondent vide No.1230/Tha.Koo3/2026 dated 05.06.2026 and quash the same with a consequential direction to the respondents to grant leave the petitioner's husband namely Kannan @ Tamizhagan PID No.24017 detained at Central Prison, Coimbatore to attend his daughter puberty function without police escort from 16.06.2026 to 22.06.2026 and to pass such other further orders as this Hon'ble Court may deem fit and proper to the circumstances of the case and thus render justice. For Petitioner(s):

MR.K.Sathish Kumar For Respondent(s):

Mr.C.R. Malarvannan, Counsel for Government of Tamil Nadu (Criminal Side)

ORDER

(Order of the Court was made by Dr.Anita Sumanth J.) Learned counsel for the petitioner makes an endorsement withdrawing this Writ Petition, recording which, this Writ Petition is dismissed as withdrawn. Needless to say that the petitioner is at liberty to seek emergency leave should it be required and should it comply with the conditions in accordance with the extant Regulations.

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To

1. The Secretary To The Government Home (Prison - IV)Department, Fort St.George, Chennai - 600009.

2. The Additional Director of General of Prisons 2nd Floor, Thalamuthu Natarajan Maaligal, Gandhi Irwin Road, Egmore, Chennai.

3. The Deputy Inspector General of Prisons and Corrrectional Services Coimbatore Range, Central prison campus, Coimbatore.

4. The Superintendent of Prison Central Prison at Coimbatore, Coimbatore.

DR.ANITA SUMANTH J.

AND SUNDER MOHAN J.

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