Narasingamoorthy @ Moorthy, v. The State Of Tamil Nadu

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT MADRAS

DATED: 27.06.2019

CORAM

THE HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE M.M.SUNDRESH AND THE HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE M.NIRMAL KUMAR H.C.P.No.2354 of 2017 Narasingamoorthy @ Moorthy ..Petitioner Vs.

1.The State of Tamil Nadu, rep.by the Secretary to Government, Home, Prohibition and Excise Department, Secretariat, Chennai - 600 009.

2.The Additional Director General of Prisons, Gandhi Irwin Road, Egmore, Chennai - 600 008.

3.The Superintendent of Prisons, Central Prison, Coimbatore.

..Respondents Petition filed under Article 226 of the Constitution of India praying for a writ of habeas corpus, to direct the respondents to produce the petitioner namely Narasingamoorthy @ Moorthy S/o Selvam, C.No.3610, aged about 50 years, now confined in the Central Prison, Coimbatore before the Hon'ble Court and direct the respondents to consider him under rule 341 of Tamil Nadu Prison Manual, for premature release and set him at liberty. For Petitioner ..

Mr.P.Pugalenthi For Respondents..

Mr.R.Prathap Kumar Additional Public Prosecutor

ORDER

(Order of the Court was delivered by M.M.SUNDRESH, J.) When the matter is taken up for hearing, the learned Additional Public Prosecutor, on instructions, submitted that the detenu had already been released prematurely by virtue of G.O.(Ms) No.1787, Home (Prisons) Department dated 04.10.2018. https://hcservices.ecourts.gov.in/hcservices/

2. Recording the above submissions, this Habeas Corpus Petition stands dismissed as infructuous.

Sd/- Assistant Registrar(CS IX) //True Copy// Sub Assistant Registrar kmk/smv To 1.The Secretary to Government, Home, Prohibition and Excise Department, Secretariat, Chennai - 600 009.

2.The Additional Director General of Prisons, Gandhi Irwin Road, Egmore, Chennai - 600 008.

3.The Superintendent of Prisons, Central Prison, Coimbatore.

4.The Public Prosecutor, High Court, Madras.

H.C.P.No.2354 of 2017 NMI(CO) RRS(19/07/2019) https://hcservices.ecourts.gov.in/hcservices/