Shabana Banu v. Additional Chief Secretary To Government
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT MADRAS
DATED : 19.12.2023 CORAM :
THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE S.S. SUNDAR AND THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE SUNDER MOHAN Shabana Banu ... Petitioner Vs.
1.The Additional Chief Secretary to Government Home, Prohibition and Excise Department Fort St George, Chennai District.
2.The Commissioner of Police Greater Chennai.
3.The Inspector of Police T4 Maduravoyal Police Station Chennai.
4.The Superintendent of Prison Central Prison II, Puzhal Chennai.
... Respondents Prayer : Habeas Corpus Petition filed under Article 226 of the Constitution of India, to call for the records in No.347/BCDFGISSSV/2023 dated 07.08.2023 on the file of the 2nd respondent herein and Set aside the same
as illegal and produce the detenue Ameenudeen S/o Thajudeen aged 32 years now confined at Central Prison Puzhal Chennai before this Court. For Petitioner : Mr.Ilayaraja Kandasamy 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 07.08.2023 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submit that the order of detention passed by the second respondent as against the detenu herein dated 07.08.2023 has been revoked by the Government in G.O. [Rt] No.5124, Home, Prohibition & Excise [XIII] Department dated 14.09.2023 and he has also produced a copy of the said order.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.] 19.12.2023 AP Internet : Yes To 1.The Additional Chief Secretary to Government Home, Prohibition and Excise Department Fort St George, Chennai District.
2.The Commissioner of Police Greater Chennai.
3.The Inspector of Police T4 Maduravoyal Police Station Chennai.
4.The Superintendent of Prison Central Prison II, Puzhal Chennai.
5.The Public Prosecutor, High Court, Madras.
S.S. SUNDAR, J., and SUNDER MOHAN, J., AP 19.12.2023