V. Nirmala v. Secretary To Government

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT MADRAS

DATED : 21.02.2024 CORAM :

THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE M.S. RAMESH AND THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE SUNDER MOHAN H.C.P.No.2112 of 2023 V.Nirmala .. Petitioner Vs.

1.The State of Tamil Nadu, Rep. by its Secretary to Government, Home, Prohibition and Excise (XVI) Department , Fort St. George, Chennai - 600 009.

2.The District Collector and District Magistrate, Tiruvannamalai District, Tiruvannamalai.

3.The Superintendent of Police, Tiruvannamalai District, Tiruvannamalai.

4.The Superintendent of Prison, Vellore Central Prison, Vellore.

5.The Inspector of Police, Kilpennathur Police Station, Kilpennathur, Tiruvannamalai District.

.. Respondents

PRAYER: Petition filed under Article 226 of the Constitution of India to issue a writ of Habeas Corpus, directing to produce the body of the detenu by name Surya, aged about 24 years, S/o.Venkatesan, presently confined at Central Prison, Vellore, before this Court and set him at liberty forthwith after calling for the records pertaining to the detention order dated 17.10.2023 made in D.O.No.85/2023-C on the file of the 2nd respondent and quash the same.

For Petitioner : Mr.C.Munusamy For Respondents : Mr.E.Raj Thilak, Additional Public Prosecutor assisted by Mr.C. Aravind

ORDER

(Order of the Court was made by M.S.RAMESH, J.) When the matter was taken up for hearing, the learned counsel for the petitioner, as well as the learned Additional Public Prosecutor appearing for the respondents, by producing a copy of the Government Order in G.O.Rt.No.6694, Home, Prohibition and Excise (XI) Department, dated 28.11.2023, submitted that the detention order has already been revoked.

2. Recording the said submission, this Habeas Corpus Petition stands dismissed as infructuous.

[M.S.R., J] [S.M., J] 21.02.2024 Index: Yes/No Sni To 1.The Secretary to Government, Home, Prohibition and Excise (XVI) Department , Fort St. George, Chennai - 600 009.

2.The District Collector and District Magistrate, Tiruvannamalai District, Tiruvannamalai.

3.The Superintendent of Police, Tiruvannamalai District, Tiruvannamalai.

4.The Superintendent of Prison, Vellore Central Prison, Vellore.

5.The Inspector of Police, Kilpennathur Police Station, Kilpennathur, Tiruvannamalai District.

6.The Public Prosecutor, High Court, Madras.

M.S.RAMESH, J.

and SUNDER MOHAN, J.

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