Madras High CourtHCP/63/2016dismissed

Tmt. S. Rukmani v. The State Of Tamil Nadu Rep.

2016-05-17Honourable Mr Justice D. Krishnakumar,Honourable Mr Justice K. Kalyanasundaram2 pages

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT MADRAS

DATED : 17.05.2016

CORAM

THE HON'BLE MR.JUSTICE K.KALYANASUNDARAM and THE HON'BLE MR.JUSTICE D.KRISHNAKUMAR H.C.P.No.63 of 2016 S.Rukmani ..

Petitioner Vs.

1.The State of Tamil Nadu Rep. by the Secretary to Government, Prohibition and Excise Department, Chennai - 600 009.

2.The District Collector & District Magistrate, Tiruvannamalai District, Tiruvannamalai.

.. Respondents 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 order passed by the 2nd respondent in D.O.No.70/2015-C2 dated 20.12.2015 and quash the same and produce the detenu Thiru.Sigamani, Son of Thiru.Tirupathi, who is detained in Central Prison at Vellore, before this Court and set him liberty.

For Petitioner : Mr.A.Rajesh Kanna For Respondents : Mr.M.Maharaja Addl. Public Prosecutor

O R D E R

[Order of the Court was made by K.KALYANASUNDARAM, J.] The petitioner, who is the wife of the detenu, Sigamani, Son of Tirupathi, aged about 45 years, has come forward with this petition challenging the detention order passed by the 2nd respondent dated 20.12.2015 against her husband branding him as a "Bootlegger" 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]. https://hcservices.ecourts.gov.in/hcservices/

2.The learned Additional Public Prosecutor would submit that the order of detention passed by the 2nd respondent as against the husband of the petitioner dated 20.12.2015 has been revoked by the Government in G.O. [Rt] No.760, dated 24.02.2016 and he has also produced a copy of the said order.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. Sd/- Assistant Registrar(CS VI) //True Copy// Sub Assistant Registrar gms/ds To 1.The State of Tamil Nadu Rep. by the Secretary to Government, Prohibition and Excise Department, Chennai - 600 009.

2.The District Collector & District Magistrate, Tiruvannamalai District, Tiruvannamalai.

3. The Additional Public Prosecutor High Court, Madras.

4. The Superintendent, Central Prison, Vellore. H.C.P.No.63 of 2016 NR(CO) EU 1.06.16 https://hcservices.ecourts.gov.in/hcservices/