Vali v. Secretary To Government

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.1768 of 2021 Vali .. Petitioner/ Mother of the Detenue Vs.

1.The Secretary to Government, Government of Tamil Nadu (Home) Prohibition and Excise Department, Fort St. George, Chennai 2.The District Collector and District Magistrate, Vellore District, Vellore.

3.The Superintendent of Police, Vellore District, Vellore.

4.The Superintendent, Central Prison, Vellore, Vellore District.

5.The Inspector of Police, Veppankuppam Police Station, Veppankuppam, Vellore District.

.. 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 impugned order C3/D.O.No.82/2021 dated 18.10.2021 on the file of the 2nd respondent herein and set aside the same as illegal and direct the respondents to produce viz., Sakthidharan @ Kulla, son of Ramamurthy, aged about 19 years, now confined at the Central Prison, Vellore, before this Court and set him at liberty.

For Petitioner : Mr.C.Vinodhkumar 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 Memo C3/D.O.No.82/2021 dated 18.10.2021 detaining her son as "Goonda", as contemplated under Section 2(f) 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The learned Additional Public Prosecutor reports that the order of detention passed against the detenu has been revoked by the Government by its order in G.O.Rt.No.6009, Home, Prohibition and Excise (IX) Department, dated 06.12.2021 and he has also produced a copy of the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 Secretary to Government, Government of Tamil Nadu (Home) Prohibition and Excise Department, Fort St. George, Chennai 2.The District Collector and District Magistrate, Vellore District, Vellore.

3.The Superintendent of Police, Vellore District, Vellore.

4.The Superintendent, Central Prison, Vellore, Vellore District.

5.The Inspector of Police, Veppankuppam Police Station, Veppankuppam, Vellore District.

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

7.The Public Prosecutor, High Court, Madras.

H.C.P.No.1768 of 2021 RSI(CO) SB(22/03/2022) https://hcservices.ecourts.gov.in/hcservices/