Kannan v. The Government Of Tamil Nadu Rep By
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT MADRAS
Dated : 19.02.2024 CORAM :
THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE M.S.RAMESH AND THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE SUNDER MOHAN Kannan ... Petitioner Vs.
1. The Government of Tamilnadu Represented by its Secretary, Home, Prohibition and Excise Department, Secretariat, Chennai 600 009.
2. The District Collector and District Magistrate, District Collector Office,
3. The Superintendent of Police, District Superintendent Office,
4. The Superintendent of Prison, Central Prison, Thiruchirapalli District.
5. The Inspector of Police, Arumbavoor Police Station, 1/5
... Respondents Petition filed under Article 226 of the Constitution of India, praying to issue Writ of Habeas Corpus, calling for the records in Detention Order passed in Crl.M.P. No.22/2023 dated 13.10.2023 on the file of the 2nd respondent herein and quash the same and direct the respondents herein to produce the body of petitioner's son Pirithigaivasan, M/A 26 years, S/o.Kannan now confined in Central Prison, Thiruchirapalli District before this Hon'ble Court and set him at liberty.
For petitioner : Mr.D. Padmanabhan For Respondents : Mr.E. Raj Thilak Additional Public Prosecutor
O R D E R
M.S.RAMESH , J.
and SUNDER MOHAN, J.
The petitioner, father of the detenu, namely Pirithigaivasan, S/o.Kannan, aged 26 years, has come forward with this petition challenging the detention order passed by the 2nd respondent dated 13.10.2023 slapped on his son, branding him as "DRUG OFFENDER" as contemplated under Section 2(e) 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 2/5
petitioner herein dated 13.10.2023 has been revoked by the Government in G.O. [Rt] No.6766, Home, Prohibition & Excise (XV) Department, dated 01.12.2023 and he has also produced a copy of the said order.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] 19.02.2024 bga Internet : Yes Index : Yes / No To
1. The Secretary to Government, Home, Prohibition and Excise Department, Secretariat, Chennai 600 009.
2. The District Collector and District Magistrate, District Collector Office, Perambalur District.
3. The Superintendent of Police, District Superintendent Office,
4. The Superintendent of Prison, Central Prison, Thiruchirapalli District.
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5. The Inspector of Police, Arumbavoor Police Station, Perambalur District. 6.The Public Prosecutor, High Court, Madras.
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M.S.RAMESH , J.
and SUNDER MOHAN, J.
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