M.Thulasi Selvi v. The State Represented By Its

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT MADRAS

DATED : 18.09.2024 CORAM :

THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE S.M.SUBRAMANIAM AND THE HONOURABLE MRS. JUSTICE N.MALA M.Thulasi ... Petitioner Vs.

1.The State represented by its The Secretary to Government, Home Department, Fort St.George, Chennai - 600 009.

2.The Superintendent, Central Prison, Puzhal - 1, Puzhal, Chennai.

... Respondents Prayer: Writ Petition filed under Article 226 of the Constitution of India, praying for the issuance of Writ of Certiorarified Mandamus, to call for the records pertaining to the G.O (D) No. 1274, dated 27.10.2020 issued by the 1st respondent and quash the same and consecutively release the detenue Mohan @ Auto Mohan, S/o Thangaraj, aged about 66 years, convict No 7505 is a life convict prisoner confined at Central prison Puzhal I, Chennai prematurely as per the G.O (Ms.) 1155 dated 11.09.2008, G.O(Ms) No. 64, dated 01.02.2018 G.o (Ms.) No. 488 dated 15.11.2021 and also under Rules 632, 633, 634 or 635 of The Tamil Nadu Prison Rules 1983.

For Petitioner : S.Manoharan For Respondents : Mr.E.Raj Thilak, Additional Public Prosecutor

ORDER

(Order of the Court is made by S.M.SUBRAMANIAM, J.) The learned Additional Public Prosecutor appearing on behalf of the respondents would submit that the convict prisoner had already been released vide G.O.(Ms).No.392, Home (Prison - IV) Department, dated 11.07.2024. 2.Thus, the cause did not exist and became vanished. Accordingly, the writ petition stands closed. No Costs. Consequently, connected miscellaneous petitions, if any, are also closed.

[S.M.S., J.] [N.M., J.] sli 18.09.2024 Index :

Yes/No Speaking Order :

Yes/No :

Yes/No

To 1.The State represented by its The Secretary to Government, Home Department, Fort St.George, Chennai - 600 009.

2.The Superintendent, Central Prison, Puzhal - 1, Puzhal, Chennai.

3.The Public Prosecutor.

High Court, Madras.

S.M.SUBRAMANIAM, J.

AND N.MALA, J.

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