Machaprabhu v. The Additional Chief Secretary To Government

H.C.P.(MD) No.88 of 2021 BEFORE THE MADURAI BENCH OF MADRAS HIGH COURT DATED : 22.03.2021

CORAM:

THE HONOURABLE MR.JUSTICE K.KALYANASUNDARAM and THE HONOURABLE MR.JUSTICE G.ILANGOVAN H.C.P.(MD) No.88 of 2021 Machaprabhu ... Petitioner/ Brother of the Detenu -vs1.The Additional Chief Secretary to Government, State of Tamilnadu, Home, Prohibition and Excise Department, Secretariat, Chennai-600 009.

2.The District Collector and District Magistrate, Office of the District Collector and District Magistrate, Theni District, Theni.

3.The Superintendent of Prison, Madurai Central Prison, Madurai District.

... Respondents PRAYER : Petition is filed under Article 226 of the Constitution of India praying for issuance of Writ of Habeas Corpus, to call for the entire records, connected with the detention order of the Respondent No.2 in Detention Order No.69/2020 dated 11.11.2020 and quash the same and direct the respondents to produce the body or person of the detenu by name Paramaguru, son of Murugan, aged about 25 years, now detained as 'Drug Offender' at Madurai Central Prison before this Court and set him at liberty forthwith. For Petitioner :

R.Alagumani For Respondents :

Mr.K.Dinesh Babu Additional Public Prosecutor

O R D E R

(Order of the Court was made by K.KALYANASUNDARAM, J.) When the matter was taken up for hearing, the learned Additional Public Prosecutor appearing for the respondents, by producing a copy of G.O.Rt.No.210, Home, Prohibition & Excise (XI) Department, dated 11.01.2021, would state that the impugned detention order has been revoked.

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2. Recording the above submissions, the habeas corpus petition is closed.

Sd/- Assistant Registrar (CSII) // True Copy // / /2021 Sub Assistant Registrar(CS) Note :

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To:

1.The Additional Chief Secretary to Government, State of Tamilnadu, Home, Prohibition and Excise Department, Secretariat, Chennai-600 009.

2.The District Collector and District Magistrate, Office of the District Collector and District Magistrate, Theni District, Theni.

3.The Superintendent of Prison, Madurai Central Prison, Madurai District.

4.The Additional Public Prosecutor, Madurai Bench of Madras High Court, Madurai.

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