Tamilarasi v. The Secretary To The

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT MADRAS

DATED : 19.08.2016 CORAM :

THE HONOURABLE MR.JUSTICE S.NAGAMUTHU and THE HONOURABLE MR.JUSTICE G.CHOCKALINGAM H.C.P.No.716 OF 2016 Tamilarasi

...Petitioner/Wife of the detenue

vs.

1.The Secretary to the Government, Home Prohibition and Excise Dept., Secretariat, Chennai 600 009.

2.District Magistrate & District Collector, The Nilgiris District, Udhagamandalam.

.. Respondents Prayer : Petition filed under Article 226 of the Constitution of India praying for issuance of a writ of habeas corpus, calling for the records in connection with the order of detention passed by the second respondent, dated 03.03.2016 in Cr.M.P.No.1/2016 (Video Pirates) against the husband of the petitioner Chandran, male, aged 35 years, son of Subramani, who is confined at Central Prison, Coimbatore, and set aside the same and consequently direct the respondents to produce the detenu before this Hon'ble Court and set him at liberty.

For Petitioner .. Mr.S.Senthilvel For Respondents.. Mr.V.M.R.Rajentren, Additional Public Prosecutor.

ORDER

(Order of the Court was made by S.NAGAMUTHU, J.) The petitioner, who is the wife of the detenu, namely, Chandran, son of Subramani, aged about 35 years, has come forward with this petition, challenging the detention order https://hcservices.ecourts.gov.in/hcservices/

passed by the second respondent, dated 03.03.2016, against her husband, branding him as a "Video Pirate" 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 14/1982).

2.The learned Additional Public Prosecutor appearing for the respondents would submit that the order of detention passed by the second respondent as against the husband of the petitioner, dated 03.03.2016, has been revoked by the Government in G.O. [Rt] No.2158, Home, Prohibition & Excise (X) Department, dated 18.05.2016, and he has also produced a copy of the said order.

3. Recording the submission of the learned Additional Public Prosecutor, this Habeas Corpus Petition is dismissed, as the same has become infructuous.

Sd/- Assistant Registrar(CS V) //True Copy// Sub Assistant Registrar To 1.The Secretary to the Government, Home Prohibition and Excise Dept., Secretariat, Chennai 600 009.

2.District Magistrate & District Collector, The Nilgiris District, Udhagamandalam.

3.The Public Prosecutor, Madras High Court, Madras.

4.The Superintendent, Central Prison, Coimbatore.

5.The District Collector, The Nilgiris District, Nilgiris.

H.C.P.No.716/2016 ctk[co] srg 14/09/2016 https://hcservices.ecourts.gov.in/hcservices/