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Madras High CourtHCP/1494/2023dismissed as infructuous

Keerthana v. The Secretary To Government,

2023-11-30Honourable Mr Justice S.S. Sundar,Honourable Mr Justice Sunder Mohan4 pages

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT MADRAS

DATED : 30.11.2023 CORAM :

THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE S.S. SUNDAR AND THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE SUNDER MOHAN Keerthana ... Petitioner Vs.

1.The Secretary to the Government Government of Tamil Nadu [Home] Prohibition & Excise Department Fort St George, Chennai.

2.The District Collector and District Magistrate Vellore District, Vellore-9.

3.The Superintendent of Police Vellore District, Vellore.

4.The Inspector of Police Vellore Taluk Police Station Vellore, Vellore District.

... Respondents Prayer : Habeas Corpus Petition filed under Article 226 of the Constitution

of India, calling for the records relating to the impugned order C3/DO.No.64/2023 dated 06.07.2023 on the file of the 2nd respondent herein and set aside the same as illegal and direct the respondents to produce detenu Rajkumar, son of Raja, aged about 32 years now confined at Central Prison, Vellore before this Court.

For Petitioner : Mr.G.Vinodhkumar For Respondents : Mr.E.Raj Thilak Additional Public Prosecutor assisted by Mr.Aravind.C

ORDER

[Order of the Court was made by S.S.SUNDAR, J.,] (1)The petitioner, wife of the detenu, has come forward with this petition challenging the detention order passed by the 2nd respondent dated 06.07.2023 slapped on her husband, branding him as "Bootlegger" under the Tamil Nadu Act 14 of 1982.

(2)The learned Additional Public Prosecutor would submit that the order of detention passed by the second respondent as against the detenu herein dated 06.07.2023 has been revoked by the Government in G.O. [Rt] No.4590, Home, Prohibition & Excise [XV] Department dated

21.08.2023 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 having become infructuous. [S.S.S.R., J.] [S.M, J.] 30.11.2023 AP Internet : Yes To 1.The Secretary to the Government Government of Tamil Nadu [Home] Prohibition & Excise Department Fort St George, Chennai.

2.The District Collector and District Magistrate Vellore District, Vellore-9.

3.The Superintendent of Police Vellore District, Vellore.

4.The Inspector of Police, Vellore Taluk Police Station Vellore, Vellore District.

5.The Public Prosecutor, High Court, Madras.

S.S. SUNDAR, J., and SUNDER MOHAN, J., AP 30.11.2023