Indira v. The State Rep.By

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT MADRAS

DATED: 03.07.2020

CORAM

THE HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE M.M.SUNDRESH AND THE HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE D.KRISHNAKUMAR H.C.P. NO.2896 OF 2019 Indira

...Petitioner

-vs1.The State Rep. By its Secretary to Government Home, Prohibition and Excise Department, Government of Tamil Nadu, Chennai - 600 009.

2.The District Collector and District Magistrate, Vellore District, Vellore-9

...Respondents

Petition filed under Article 226 of the Constitution of India to issue a writ or order in more particularly in nature of writ of habeas corpus and calling for the records of the 2nd respondent in connection with C3/D.O./No.121/2019 order dated 01.11.2019 passed by th3 2nd respondent against petitioner's son Nagaraj, age 37, S/o.Marimuthu, who is confined at Central Prison, Vellore and quash the same may be direct the respondents to produce the body of detenu before this Court and set him at liberty.

For Petitioner : Mr.S.Thirugnanam For Respondents : Mr.R.Prathap Kumar, Addl. Public Prosecutor

ORDER

[Order of the Court was made by M.M.SUNDRESH, J.] The petitioner challenges the impugned order of detention in C3/D.O./No.121/2019 order dated 01.11.2019 detaining her son as "Goonda", as contemplated under Section 2(f) of the Tamil Nadu Act 14 of 1982.

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2. The learned Additional Public Prosecutor reports that the order of detention passed against the detenu has been revoked by the Government by its order in G.O.Rt.No.5303, Home, Prohibition and Excise (IX) Department, dated 16.12.2019 and he has also produced a copy of the Government Order. Recording the same, this Habeas Corpus Petition stands closed.

Sd/- Assistant Registrar(AD I)MDU //True Copy// Sub Assistant Registrar raa/mmi/ssm To 1.The Secretary to Government Home, Prohibition and Excise Department, Government of Tamil Nadu, Chennai - 600 009.

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

3.The Superintendent, Central Prison, Vellore.

4.The Public Prosecutor, High Court, Madras.

5.The Joint Secretary to Government, Public(Law & Order), Fort St.George, Chennai-9.

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