Deepa v. State Rep By
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT MADRAS
DATED : 21.12.2023 CORAM :
THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE S.S. SUNDAR AND THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE SUNDER MOHAN Deepa ... Petitioner Vs.
1.The State rep.by Secretary to Government Home, Prohibition & Excise Department Secretariat, Chennai 600 009.
2.District Collector and District Magistrate Vellore District, Vellore-9.
3.The Superintendent of Police Vellore District, Vellore-9.
4.The Superintendent of Prison Central Prison, Vellore.
5.The Inspector of Police Tiruvalam Police Station Vellore.
... Respondents Prayer : Habeas Corpus Petition filed under Article 226 of the Constitution
of India, to call for the records in connection with the order of detention passed by the second respondent dated 16.08.2023 in C3/D.O.No.79/2023 against the petitioner husband Govindan Male aged 42 years S/o. Krishnan who is confined at Central Prison Vellore and set aside the same and direct the respondents to produce the detenue before this Court and set him at liberty.
For Petitioner : Mr.D.Balaji 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 16.08.2023 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submit that the order of detention passed by the second respondent as against the detenu herein dated 16.08.2023 has been revoked by the Government in G.O. [Rt] No.5279, Home, Prohibition & Excise [IX] Department dated 22.09.2023
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.] 21.12.2023 AP Internet : Yes To 1.The Secretary to Government Home, Prohibition & Excise Department Secretariat, Chennai 600 009.
2.District Collector and District Magistrate Vellore District, Vellore-9.
3.The Superintendent of Police Vellore District, Vellore-9.
4.The Superintendent of Prison Central Prison, Vellore.
5.The Inspector of Police Tiruvalam Police Station Vellore.
6.The Public Prosecutor, High Court, Madras.
S.S. SUNDAR, J.,
and SUNDER MOHAN, J., AP 21.12.2023