Muniyammal v. The State Of Tamil Nadu

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT MADRAS

DATED : 23.05.2016

CORAM

THE HON'BLE MR.JUSTICE G.CHOCKALINGAM and THE HON'BLE MR.JUSTICE M.V.MURALIDARAN H.C.P.No. 194 of 2016 Muniyammal ..Petitioner Vs.

1.The State of Tamil Nadu rep.by its Secretary to Government Home, Prohibition and Excise Department Secretariat, Chennai 600 009.

2.The Commissioner of Police Greater Chennai Police, Vepery, Chennai 7.

..Respondents Petition filed under Article 226 of the Constitution of India, praying to issue a Writ of Habeas Corpus, to call for the records of the detention made in Memo No.3/B.C.D.F.G.I.S.S.S.V/2016 dated 6.1.2016 passed by the Commissioner of Police, Greater Chennai Police, Vepery, Chennai 7, the second respondent herein and set aside the same and direct the respondents to produce the detenu before this Hon'ble Court and set the detenu Thiru Vimal @ Singam, son of Arumugam, aged 23 years, now confined in Central Prison, Puzhal II, Chennai at liberty.

For Petitioner : Mr.R.Balakrishnan For Respondents : Mr.M.Maharaja Addl. Public Prosecutor

O R D E R

[Order of the Court was made by G.CHOCKALINGAM, J.] The petitioner, who is the mother of the detenu, Thiru Vimal @ Singam, son of Arumugam, aged about 23 years, has come forward with this petition challenging the detention order passed by the 2nd respondent dated 06.01.2016 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, https://hcservices.ecourts.gov.in/hcservices/

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that the order of detention passed by the 2nd respondent as against the son of the petitioner dated 06.01.2016 has been revoked by the Government in G.O. [Rt] No.766, dated 24.02.2016 and he has also produced a copy of the said order.

3. Recording the submission of the learned Additional Public Prosecutor, this petition is dismissed as infructuous. ga Sd/- Asst.Registrar /true copy/ Sub Asst. Registrar To 1.The Secretary to Government Home, Prohibition and Excise Department Secretariat, Chennai 600 009.

2.The Commissioner of Police Greater Chennai Police Vepery, Chennai 7.

3. The Superintendent, Central Prison, Puzhal, Chennai-66.

4. The Additional Public Prosecutor, High Court, Madras.

5. The Joint Secretary to Govt.

Public (Law & Order), Fort St. George, Chennai 600 009.

KR/1/6/16 H.C.P.No.194 of 2016 https://hcservices.ecourts.gov.in/hcservices/