Rajapandi@Peipandi v. The Additional Chief Secretary To Government

H.C.P.(MD) No.84 of 2021 BEFORE THE MADURAI BENCH OF MADRAS HIGH COURT DATED : 19.02.2021

CORAM:

THE HONOURABLE MR.JUSTICE K.KALYANASUNDARAM and THE HONOURABLE MR.JUSTICE G.ILANGOVAN H.C.P.(MD) No.84 of 2021 Rajapandi @ Peipandi ... Petitioner/detenu -vs1.State of Tamil Nadu, rep. by The Additional Chief Secretary to Government, Home, Prohibition and Excise Department, Secretariat, Chennai-600 009.

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

3.The Superintendent of Prison, Central Prison, Palayamkottai, Tirunelveli.

... Respondents PRAYER : Petition is filed under Article 226 of the Constitution of India praying for the issue of a Writ of Habeas Corpus, calling for the entire records connected with the detention order passed in H.S (M) Confdl.No.121/2020, dated 12.12.2020 on the file of the 2nd respondent herein and quash the same and direct the respondents to produce the detenu or body of the detenu namely, Rajapandi @ Peipandi, aged about 42 years, S/o.Velusamy, now detained at the Central Prison, Palayamkottai, before this Court and set him at liberty forthwith.

For Petitioner :

Mr.N.Pragalathan 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, Mr.N.Pragalathan, learned counsel appearing for the petitioner would state that the detention order impugned in the habeas corpus petition, in H.S(M) Confdl.No.121/2020, dated 12.12.2020, has been revoked. https://hcservices.ecourts.gov.in/hcservices/ 1/2

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

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

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To:

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

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

3.The Superintendent of Prison, Central Prison, Palayamkottai, Tirunelveli.

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

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