Mohammed Ali Amanulla v. Additional Chief Secretary To Government

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 Mohammed Ali Amanullah ... Petitioner Vs.

1.The State of Tamil Nadu rep.by its Additional Chief Secretary to Government Home, Prohibition & Excise Department Secretariat, Fort St George, Chennai 600 009. 2.The Commissioner of Police Avadi City, O/o.The Commissioner of Police Avadi, Chennai 600 054.

3.The Superintendent of Prison Central Prison, Puzhal, Chennai.

4.The Inspector of Police M8 Sathangadu Police Station Chennai.

... Respondents Prayer : Habeas Corpus Petition filed under Article 226 of the Constitution of India, to call for the records in No.202/BCDFGISSSV/2023 dated

21.08.2023 on the file of the 2nd respondent herein and Set aside the same as illegal and produce the detenu Karthick @ Jollu Karthik, S/o Palanivel, aged 21 years now confined at Central Prison Puzhal Chennai before this court and Set him at Liberty.

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, friend of the detenu, has come forward with this petition challenging the detention order passed by the 2nd respondent dated 21.08.2023 slapped on his friend, 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submit that the order of detention passed by the second respondent as against the detenu herein dated 12.08.2023 has been revoked by the Government in G.O. [Rt] No.5388, Home, Prohibition & Excise [XIII] Department dated 27.09.2023 and he has also produced a copy of the said order.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 Additional Chief Secretary to Government State of Tamil Nadu Home, Prohibition & Excise Department Fort St George, Chennai 600 009.

2.The Commissioner of Police Avadi City, O/o.The Commissioner of Police Avadi, Chennai 600 054.

3.The Superintendent of Prison Central Prison, Puzhal, Chennai.

4.The Inspector of Police M8 Sathangadu Police Station Chennai.

5.The Public Prosecutor, High Court, Madras.

S.S. SUNDAR, J., and SUNDER MOHAN, J., AP 21.12.2023