S.Uma v. The Principal Secretary To Government

H.C.P.(MD) No.75 of 2020 BEFORE THE MADURAI BENCH OF MADRAS HIGH COURT DATED : 04.08.2020

CORAM:

THE HONOURABLE MR.JUSTICE K.KALYANASUNDARAM and THE HONOURABLE MRS.JUSTICE T.KRISHNAVALLI H.C.P.(MD) No.75 of 2020 S.Uma ... Petitioner/Wife of the detenue -vs1.The State of Tamil Nadu rep.by the Principal Secretary to Government Home, Prohibition & Excise Department Secretariat Chennai-9 2.The District Collector and District Magistrate District Collector's Office Pudukottai Pudukottai District 3.The Superintendent Central Prison Trichy 4.The Inspector of Police Aranthangi Police Station Pudukottai District ... Respondents PRAYER : Petition is filed under Article 226 of the Constitution of India praying for the issue of a Writ of Habeas Corpus by calling for the records relating to the impugned order of detention made in P.D.O.No.92/2019, dated 29.12.

2019, on the file of the District Collector and District Magistrate, Pudukottai District, Pudukottai the 2nd Respondent herein, branding the detenu by name Chinnavar @ Selvakumar, son of Shanmugam aged 45 years, as "Drug Offender", who is now confined in Central Prison, Trichy and quash the impugned order of detention by setting aside the same and set him at liberty by producing him before this Court.

For Petitioner :

M/s.R.Ilayaraja For Respondents :

Mr.V.Neelakandan Additional Public Prosecutor

O R D E R

(Order of the Court was made by K.KALYANASUNDARAM, J.) This habeas corpus petition has been filed by the wife of the detenu, namely, Chinnavar @ Selvakumar, son of Shanmugam, aged 45 years, challenging the detention order in P.D.O.No.92/2019, dated 29.12.2019, passed by the second respondent, branding him as "DrugOffender" as contemplated under Section 2(e) of Tamil Nadu Act 14 of 1982.

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2. When the matter was taken up for hearing, the learned counsel for the petitioner as well as the learned Additional Public Prosecutor for the respondents, by producing a copy of G.O.Rt.No.800, Home, Prohibition & Excise (XIV) Department, dated 17.02.2020, would state that the impugned detention order has been revoked.

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

Sd/- Deputy Registrar // True Copy // / /2020 Sub Assistant Registrar(CS) Note :

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1.The Principal Secretary to Government, Home, Prohibition & Excise Department, The State of Tamil Nadu, Secretariat, Chennai-9.

2.The District Collector and District Magistrate, District Collector's Office, Pudukottai, Pudukottai District.

3.The Superintendent, Central Prison, Trichy.

4.The Inspector of Police, Aranthangi Police Station, Pudukottai District.

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

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