Ambika v. The State Of Tamil Nadu
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 Ambika ... Petitioner Vs.
1.The State of Tamil Nadu rep.by its Secretary to Government Prohibition and Excise Department Fort St George, Chennai 600 009.
2.The District Magistrate and District Collector Tirupur, Tirupur District.
3.The Superintendent of Police O/o.The Superintendent Office Tirupur, Tirupur District.
4.The Superintendent of Prison Central Prison, Coimbatore Coimbatore District.
5.State rep.by its Inspector of Police Vellakoil Police Station Vellakoil, Tirupur District.
... Respondents
Prayer : Habeas Corpus Petition filed under Article 226 of the Constitution of India, calling for the records relating to the proceedings of the 2nd respondent herein Cr.MP.No.33/Goonda/2023 dated 31.07.2023 and quash the same and produce the detenu Thiru Kuppusamy @ Kuppuraj, son of Subramaniam, TPDA No.515 now detained at Central Prison, Coimbatore, Coimbatore District before this Court and set him at liberty. For Petitioner : Mr.G.Mohana Krishnan 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, mother 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 son, 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submit that the order of detention passed by the second respondent as against the detenu herein dated 31.07.2023 has been revoked by the Government in G.O. [Rt]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.5172, 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 Government State of Tamil Nadu Prohibition and Excise Department Fort St George, Chennai 600 009.
2.The District Magistrate and District Collector Tirupur, Tirupur District.
3.The Superintendent of Police O/o.The Superintendent Office Tirupur, Tirupur District.
4.The Superintendent of Prison Central Prison, Coimbatore Coimbatore District.
5.Inspector of Police Vellakoil Police Station Vellakoil, Tirupur District.
6.The Public Prosecutor, High Court, Madras.
S.S. SUNDAR, J., and SUNDER MOHAN, J., mkn 18.12.2023