Balakrishnan v. State Of Tamilnadu, Rep. By

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT MADRAS

Dated : 07.02.2024 CORAM :

THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE M.S.RAMESH AND THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE SUNDER MOHAN Balakrishnan ... Petitioner Vs.

1. State of Tamil Nadu Represented by the Additional Chief Secretary to Government, Home, Prohibition and Excise Department, |Fort St. George, Chennai 600 009.

2. The District Collector and District Magistrate of Mayiladuthurai District, Office of the District Collector and District Magistrate Mayiladuthurai District, Mayiladuthurai.

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

4. The Superintendent of Prison, Central Prison, Thiruchirapalli, Thiruchirapalli District.

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5. The Inspector of Police, Pudhuppattinam Police Station, Mayiladuthurai District.

... Respondents Petition filed under Article 226 of the Constitution of India, praying to issue Writ of Habeas Corpus, calling for the records relating to the detention order in C.O.C. No.46/2023, dated 07.10.2023 passed by the 2nd respondent under the Tamil Nadu Act 14 of 1982 and set aside the same and direct the respondent to produce the petitioner's son Vignesh, S/o.Balakrishnan, aged about 25 years the detenu, now confined in Central Prison, Thiruchirapalli, before this Hon'ble Court and set him at liberty. For petitioner : Mr.R. Srinivasan For Respondents : Mr.E. Raj Thilak Additional Public Prosecutor Assisted by Mr.Aravind,C.

O R D E R

M.S.RAMESH , J.

and SUNDER MOHAN, J.

The petitioner, father of the detenu, namely Vignesh, S/o.Balakrishnan, aged 25 years, has come forward with this petition challenging the detention order passed by the 2nd respondent dated 07.10.2023 slapped on his son, branding him as "GOONDA" as 2/5

contemplated under Section 2(f) of 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the order of detention passed by the second respondent as against the son of the petitioner herein dated 07.10.2023 has been revoked by the Government in G.O. [Rt] No.6533, Home, Prohibition & Excise (XV) Department, dated 22.11.2023 and he has also produced a copy of the said order.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 the same has become infructuous. [M.S.R., J] [S.M., J] 07.02.2024 bga Internet : Yes Index : Yes / No 3/5

To

1. The Additional Chief Secretary to Government, Home, Prohibition and Excise Department, |Fort St. George, Chennai 600 009.

2. The District Collector and District Magistrate of Mayiladuthurai District, Office of the District Collector and District Magistrate Mayiladuthurai District, Mayiladuthurai.

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

4. The Superintendent of Prison, Central Prison, Thiruchirapalli, Thiruchirapalli District

5. The Inspector of Police, Pudhuppattinam Police Station, Mayiladuthurai District.

7 .The Public Prosecutor, High Court, Madras.

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M.S.RAMESH , J.

and SUNDER MOHAN, J.

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