Karthika v. State Rep By

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT MADRAS

DATED: 11.03.2022

CORAM

THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE P.N.PRAKASH AND THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE A.A.NAKKIRAN H.C.P.No.1762 of 2021 Karthika ..Petitioner/Mother of the Detenue Vs.

1. State of Tamil Nadu represented by The Additional Secretary, Home, Prohibition and Excise Department, Fort St.George, Chennai-600 009.

2. The Commissioner of Police, Greater Chennai, Vepery, Chennai - 600 007.

3. The Inspector of Police, K-2, Ayanavaram Police Station, I.C.F., Chennai.

4. The Superintendent of Prison, Central Prison-II, Puzhal, Chennai - 600 066.

..Respondents Petition filed under Article 226 of the Constitution of India to issue a writ of Habeas Corpus calling for the records relating to the detention order in Memo No.276/BCDFGISSSV/2021 dated 23.09.2021 passed by the 2nd respondent under the Tamil Nadu Act 14 of 1982 and set aside the same and direct the respondents to produce the petitioner's son Sathishkumar, S/o.Kalaiyarasan, aged about 22 years, the detenu, now confined in the Central Prison, Puzhal, Chennai, before this Court and set the petitioner's son Sathishkumar, S/o.Kalaiyarasan, aged about 22 years, the detenu herein, at liberty. For Petitioner : Mr.R.Muthukumar For Respondents : Mr.M.Babu Muthumeeran Addl. Public Prosecutor https://hcservices.ecourts.gov.in/hcservices/

ORDER

[Made by P.N.PRAKASH, J.] The petitioner challenges the impugned order of detention in No.276/BCDFGISSSV/2021 dated 23.09.2021 detaining her son as "Drug Offender", as contemplated under Section 2(e) of the Tamil Nadu Act 14 of 1982.

The learned Additional Public Prosecutor reports that the order of detention passed against the detenu has been revoked by the Government by its order in G.O.Rt.No.5727, Home, Prohibition and Excise (XIII) Department, dated 26.11.2021 and he has also produced a copy of the Government Order. Recording the same, this Habeas Corpus Petition stands closed.

Sd/- Assistant Registrar(CO) //True Copy// Sub Assistant Registrar nsd To

1. The Additional Secretary, Home, Prohibition and Excise Department, Fort St.George, Chennai-600 009.

2. The Commissioner of Police, Greater Chennai, Vepery, Chennai - 600 007.

3. The Inspector of Police, K-2, Ayanavaram Police Station, I.C.F., Chennai.

4. The Superintendent of Prison, Central Prison-II, Puzhal, Chennai - 600 066.

5. The Joint Secretary to Government of Tamil Nadu, Public, Law and Order Department, Secretariat, Chennai - 9.

6. The Public Prosecutor, High Court, Madras.

H.C.P.No.1762 of 2021 GPL(CO) RGA(04/04/2022) https://hcservices.ecourts.gov.in/hcservices/