Pooja v. The Secretary To Government,
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT MADRAS
DATED : 15.12.2023 CORAM :
THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE S.S. SUNDAR AND THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE SUNDER MOHAN Pooja ... Petitioner Vs.
1.The Secretary to Government Home, Prohibition and Excise Department Secretariat, Fort St George, Chennai 600 009. 2.The District Collector & District Magistrate Krishnagiri District, Krishnagiri.
3.The Superintendent of Police Krishnagiri, Krishnagiri District.
4.The Superintendent of Prison Central Prison, Salem District.
5.The Inspector of Police Hosur Town Police Station Krishnagiri District.
... Respondents
Prayer : Habeas Corpus Petition filed under Article 226 of the Constitution of India, calling for the entire records relating to the petitioner's husband detention under Tamil Nadu Act 14 of 1982 vide detention order dated 28.07.2023 on the file of the 2nd respondent herein made in proceedings Memo SC.No.14/2023, quash the same as illegal and consequently direct the respondents herein to produce the petitioner's husband namely Sasikumar @ Anand, son of Muniraj, aged 24 years before this Court and set the petitioner's husband at liberty from detention now the petitioner's husband detained at Central Prison, Salem.
For Petitioner : Mr.W.Camyles Gandhi 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 28.07.2023 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submit that the order of detention passed by the second respondent as against the detenu herein dated 28.07.2023 has been revoked by the Government in G.O. [Rt]
No.4917, Home, Prohibition & Excise [XV] Department dated 07.09.2023 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.] 15.12.2023 AP Internet : Yes To 1.The Secretary to Government Home, Prohibition and Excise Department Secretariat, Fort St George, Chennai 600 009. 2.The District Collector & District Magistrate Krishnagiri District, Krishnagiri.
3.The Superintendent of Police Krishnagiri, Krishnagiri District.
4.The Superintendent of Prison Central Prison, Salem District.
5.The Inspector of Police Hosur Town Police Station Krishnagiri District.
6.The Public Prosecutor, High Court, Madras.
S.S. SUNDAR, J., and SUNDER MOHAN, J., AP 15.12.2023