Chandra @ Venkatesh v. The State Of Tamil Nadu

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. 84 of 2016 Chandran @ Venkatesh ..

Petitioner Vs.

1.State of Tamil Nadu, rep by its Secretary to Government (Home), Prohibition and Excise Department, Fort St.George, Chennai-9.

2.The Commissioner of Police Greater Chennai Police, Chennai.

.. Respondents Petition filed under Article 226 of the Constitution of India, praying to issue a Writ of Habeas Corpus, to call for the records of the respondent in Memo No.1207/BCDFGISSSV/2015 dated 25.11.2015 and set aside the same and direct the respondents to produce the body and person of the petitioner namely Chandran @ Venkatesh, aged 37 years, S/o.Nataraj, now confined in Central Prison II, Puzhal, Chennai-600 006 before this Court and set the petitioner at liberty For Petitioner : Mr.B.Rajamani 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-Chandran @ Venkatesh, who is the detenu, aged about 37 years, has come forward with this petition challenging the detention order passed by the 2nd respondent dated 25.11.2015 against branding him as a "Goonda" 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].

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2.The learned Additional Public Prosecutor would submit that the order of detention passed by the 2nd respondent as against the petitioner dated 25.11.2015 has been revoked by the Government in G.O. [Rt] No.381, dated 28.01.2016 and he has also produced a copy of the said order.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(VI) //True Copy// Sub Assistant Registrar gms/ds To 1.State of Tamil Nadu, rep by its Secretary to Government (Home), Prohibition and Excise Department, Fort St.George, Chennai-9.

2.The Commissioner of Police Greater Chennai Police, Chennai.

3. The Additional Public Prosecutor High Court, Madras.

4. The Superintendent, Central Prison-II, Puzhal, Chennai-6.

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