Geetha v. State Rep By
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT MADRAS
DATED : 18.12.2023 CORAM :
THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE S.S. SUNDAR AND THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE SUNDER MOHAN Geetha ... Petitioner Vs.
1.The State of Tamil Nadu Secretary to the Government Home, Prohibition and Excise Department Fort St George, Chennai 600 009.
2.The District Magistrate & District Collector Tiruppur District, Tiruppur.
3.The Superintendent of Police Tiruppur District, Tiruppur.
4.The Superintendent of Prison Central Prison, Coimbatore.
5.The Inspector of Police Vellakovil Police Station Tiruppur.
... Respondents
Prayer : Habeas Corpus Petition filed under Article 226 of the Constitution of India, calling for the records relating to the detention order dated 31.07.2023 passed by the 2nd respondent in his proceedings No.Cr.MP.No.31/Goonda/2023 and quash the same and direct the respondents herein to produce the petitioner's husband namely Anbukumar Marimuthu @ Senthi, son of Sakthivel aged about 36 years who is presently undergoing detention in the Central Prison, Coimbatore, as Goonda before this Court and set him at liberty forthwith.
For Petitioner : Mr.C.S.Saravanan 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 31.07.2023 slapped on her husband, branding him as "Goonda" 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submit that the order of detention passed by the second respondent as against the detenu herein dated 31.07.2023 has been revoked by the Government in G.O. [Rt]
No.5170, Home, Prohibition & Excise [XII] Department dated 19.09.2023 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.] 18.12.2023 mkn Internet : Yes To 1.The Secretary to the Government, State of Tamil Nadu Home, Prohibition and Excise Department Fort St George, Chennai 600 009.
2.The District Magistrate & District Collector Tiruppur District, Tiruppur.
3.The Superintendent of Police Tiruppur District, Tiruppur.
4.The Superintendent of Prison Central Prison, Coimbatore.
5.The Inspector of Police Vellakovil Police Station Tiruppur.
6.The Public Prosecutor, High Court, Madras.
S.S. SUNDAR, J., and SUNDER MOHAN, J., mkn 18.12.2023