Maragatham v. State Rep. By

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT MADRAS

DATED : 17.12.2019

CORAM

THE HONOURABLE MR.JUSTICE R.SUBBIAH and THE HONOURABLE MR.JUSTICE R.PONGIAPPAN H.C.P.No.2193 of 2019 Maragatham .. Petitioner/Mother of detenue Vs

1. State Rep.by The Secretary to Government Home, Prohibition and Excise Department, Fort St.George, Chennai 9

2. The Commissioner of Police, Salem City, Salem.

... Respondents Habeas Corpus Petition filed under Article 226 of the Constitution of India praying to issue a Writ of Habeas Corpus to call for the records in C.M.P.No.33/Goonda/Salem City/2019 dated 18.09.2019 on the file of the second respondent and quash the detention as illegal and direct the respondents to produce the detenu Sambu @ Shanmugam, aged 31 years now confined in Central Prison, Salem, before this Court and set him at liberty forthwith.

For Petitioner :

M/s.S.Rajanikanth For Respondents :

Mr.R.Prathap Kumar Additional Public Prosecutor

O R D E R

[Order of this Court was made by R.SUBBIAH, J] Petitioner is the mother of the detenu, Sambu @ Shanmugam, S/o.Anbazhagan, Hindu, aged 31 years, who has been branded as 'Goonda' under Tamil Nadu Act 14 of 1982 and detained under orders of second respondent passed in C.M.P.No.33/Goonda/Salem City/2019 dated 18.09.2019. Such order is under challenge herein. https://hcservices.ecourts.gov.in/hcservices/

2. Learned Additional Public Prosecutor would submit that the detention order passed against the son of the petitioner in C.M.P.No.33/Goonda/Salem City/2019 dated 18.09.2019 on the file of the second respondent is revoked vide G.O.Rt.No.4947, Home, Prohibition and Excise (XIV) Department, dated 29.11.2019 and produced a copy of the said order.

3. In view of the above, this petition is closed as it has become infructuous.

Sd/- Assistant Registrar(CS-VI) // True Copy// Sub Assistant Registrar dpq To 1.The Secretary to Government Home, Prohibition and Excise Department, Fort St.George, Chennai 9

2. The Commissioner of Police, Salem City, Salem.

3.The Secretary to Government Public Law and Order, Department, Fort St.George, Chennai 9 4.The Superintendent of Prison, Salem.

5.The Public Prosecutor, High Court, Madras.

H.C.P.No.2193 of 2019 BR(CO) CSR: 28/01/2020 https://hcservices.ecourts.gov.in/hcservices/