S.Mariyammal v. State Of Tamil Nadu
BEFORE THE MADURAI BENCH OF MADRAS HIGH COURT DATED : 03.06.2025
CORAM:
THE HONOURABLE MR.JUSTICE A.D.JAGADISH CHANDIRA and THE HONOURABLE MS.JUSTICE R.POORNIMA HABEAS CORPUS PETITION(MD)No.94 of 2025 S.Mariyammal ... Petitioner vs.
1. State of Tamil Nadu, Rep by its Principal Secretary to Government, Home, Prohibition and Excise Department, Secretariat, Chennai-600 009.
2. The Commissioner of Police, Tirunelveli City, Tirunelveli.
3. The Superintendent of Prison, Central Prison, Palayamkottai, Tirunelveli.
... Respondents PRAYER: Petition filed under Article 226 of the Constitution of India, to issue a Writ of Habeas Corpus, calling for the entire records connected with the detention order passed in No. Page No.1 of 4
23/BCDFGISSSV/2024 dated 08.05.2024 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, the petitioner's son i.e., Mariyasusai, aged about 19 years, S/o. Selvam, now detained at the Central Prison, Palayamkottai, before this Court and set him at liberty forthwith.
For Petitioner : Mr.N.Pragalathan For Respondents: Mr.A.Thiruvadi Kumar Additional Public Prosecutor
O R D E R
[Order of the Court was made by A.D.JAGADISH CHANDIRA, J.] When the matter is taken up for hearing, the learned counsel appearing for the petitioner submitted that the impugned detention order came to be passed on 08.05.2024 and the period of one year got expired on 07.05.2025 and therefore, the prayer sought for in this Habeas Corpus Petition has become infructuous. Page No.2 of 4
2.
Recording the above submission of the learned counsel for the petitioner, this Habeas Corpus Petition is dismissed as infructuous.
[A.D.J.C., J.] [R.P., J.] 03.06.2025 Index : Yes / No bala To:
1. The Principal Secretary to Government, State of Tamil Nadu, Home, Prohibition and Excise Department, Secretariat, Chennai-600 009.
2. The Commissioner of Police, Tirunelveli City, Tirunelveli.
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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A.D.JAGADISH CHANDIRA, J.
AND R.POORNIMA, J.
bala ORDER MADE IN DATED : 03.06.2025 Page No.4 of 4