Madras High CourtHCP/78/2016dismissed as infructuous

Guru (A) Gurunathan (A) v. State Of Tamil Nadu Rep.By

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. 78 of 2016 Guru @ Gurunathan @ Gurumoorthy ..

Petitioner Vs.

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

2.The District Collector and 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 entire records, relating to petitioner's detention under Tamil Nadu Act 14 of 1982 vide detention order, dated 28.04.2015 on the file of the second respondent herein made in proceedings D.O.No.25/2015 - C2 and quash the same as illegal and consequently direct the respondents herein to produce the said petitioner namely Guru @ Gurunathan @ Gurumoorthy, Son of Arasu Udaiyar, aged 28 years before this Court and set the petitioner at liberty from detention, now petitioner detained at Central Prison, Vellore.

For Petitioner : Mr.C.C.Chellappan 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 detenu, aged about 28 years, has come forward with this petition challenging the detention order passed by the 2nd respondent dated 28.04.2015 against him, branding him as a "Goonda" under the Tamil Nadu Prevention of Dangerous Activities of Bootleggers, Drug Offenders, Forest https://hcservices.ecourts.gov.in/hcservices/

Offenders, Goondas, Immoral Traffic Offenders, Sand Offenders, Slum Grabbers and Video Pirates Act, 1982 [Tamil Nadu Act 14 of 1982].

2.The learned Additional Public Prosecutor would submit that the detenu has undergone the entire period of detention.

3. Recording the submission of the learned Additional Public Prosecutor, this petition is dismissed as infructuous. s/d- Assistant Registrar(CS-VI) True Copy Sub-Assistant Registrar gms To 1.The Secretary to Government of Tamil Nadu Home, Prohibition and Excise Department Secretariat, Chennai 600 009.

2.The District Collector and District Magistrate Tiruvannamalai District Tiruvannamalai.

3. The Public Prosecutor High Court, Madras.

4. The Superintendent Central Prison, Vellore 5.The Joint Secretary to Government of Tamil Nadu Public Law and Order Fort St.George Chennai-9 H.C.P.No.78 of 2016 kgk(co) aa30/05/2016 https://hcservices.ecourts.gov.in/hcservices/