Anjali Devi v. The Principal Secretary

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT MADRAS

DATED : 26.03.2019

CORAM:

THE HONOURABLE MR.JUSTICE M.SATHYANARAYANAN and THE HONOURABLE MR.JUSTICE M.NIRMAL KUMAR H.C.P.No.2738/2018 Anjali Devi ..

Petitioner vs.

1.The State of Tamilnadu rep.by its Principal Secretary to Government Department of Home, Prohibition & Excise, Secretariat, Chennai 600 009.

2.The Commissioner of Police Greater Chennai, Vepery, Chennai-600007.

3.The State rep.by The Inspector of Police R7 K.K.Nagar Police Station Chennai.

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Respondents Prayer : Petition filed under Article 226 of the Constitution of India praying for issuance of a writ of habeas corpus calling for the records in Memo No.1021/BCDFGISSSV/2018 dated 08.11.2018 on the file of the 2nd respondent and quash the detention order as illegal and direct the respondents to produce the detenu Kuralarasan @ Kutty, son of Eranian, aged about 27 years, and set him at liberty.

For Petitioner ..

Mr.C.Pavendhan For Respondents ..

Mr.C.Iyyappa Raj, APP

ORDER

(Order of the Court was made by M.SATHYANARAYANAN, J) Petitioner, mother of the detenu herein, viz., Kuralarasan @ Kutty, son of Eranian, aged about 27 years, has come forward with this petition challenging the detention order passed by the second respondent dated 08.11.2018 against her http://www.judis.nic.in

M.SATHYANARAYANAN, J., AND M.NIRMAL KUMAR, J., AP son branding him as a "Goonda" under the Tamil Nadu Prevention of Dangerous Activities of Bootleggers, Drug Offenders, Forest Offenders, Goondas, Immoral Traffic Offenders, Sand Offenders, Slum Grabbers and Video Pirates Act, 1982 [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order of detention passed by the second respondent as against the son of the petitioner herein dated 08.11.2018, has been revoked by the Government in G.O.Rt.No.5584, Home, Prohibition & Excise [X] Department dated 21.12.2018 and he has also produced a copy of the said order.

3.Recording the submission of the learned Additional Public Prosecutor, this petition is closed as the same has become infructuous. [M.S.N, J.] [M.N.K., J.] 26.03.2019 AP To 1.The Principal Secretary to Government, State of Tamilnadu Department of Home, Prohibition & Excise, Secretariat, Chennai 600 009.

2.The Commissioner of Police Greater Chennai, Vepery, Chennai-600007.

3.The Inspector of Police R7 K.K.Nagar Police Station, Chennai.

4.The Public Prosecutor, Madras High Court, Madras. 5.The Superintendent, Central Prison, Puzhal, Chennai. H.C.P.No.2738/2018 http://www.judis.nic.in