Kalaiyarasi v. The State Of Tamilnadu

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.2171 of 2023 Kalaiyarasi ... Petitioner Vs.

1.The State of Tamil Nadu, Rep. by its Additional Chief Secretary to Government, Home, Prohibition and Excise Department, Secretariat, Chennai - 9.

2.The Commissioner of Police, Greater Chennai Police, Vepery, Chennai - 7.

3.The Inspector of Police (Law and Order), P-1, Pulianthope Police Station, Chennai.

4.The Superintendent, Central Prison, Puzhal, Chennai.

.. Respondents PRAYER: Petition filed under Article 226 of the Constitution of India to issue a writ of Habeas Corpus, calling for the records of the detention made

in Memo No.483/B.C.D.F.G.I.S.S.S.V/2023 dated 17.10.2023 passed by the Commissioner of Police, Greater Chennai Police, Vepery, Chennai - 7, the second respondent herein and set aside the same and direct the respondents to produce the detenu before this Court and set the detenu Thiru.Suresh @ Nondi Suresh, son of Loganathan, aged about 42 years, now confined in Central Prison, Puzhal II, Chennai, at liberty. For Petitioner : Mr.R.Balakrishnan 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.6685, Home, Prohibition and Excise (X) Department, dated 28.11.2023, submitted that the detention order has already been revoked.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 Additional Chief Secretary to Government, Home, Prohibition and Excise Department, Secretariat, Chennai - 9.

2.The Commissioner of Police, Greater Chennai Police, Vepery, Chennai - 7.

3.The Inspector of Police (Law and Order), P-1, Pulianthope Police Station, Chennai.

4.The Superintendent, Central Prison, Puzhal, Chennai.

5.The Public Prosecutor, High Court, Madras.

M.S.RAMESH, J.

and SUNDER MOHAN, J.

Sni H.C.P.No.2171 of 2023 21.02.2024