Madras High CourtHCP(MD)/264/2021dismissed as infructuous

Gowri v. The Principal Secretary To Government

2021-03-26Honourable Mr Justice K. Kalyanasundaram,Honourable Mr Justice G.Ilangovan2 pages

H.C.P.(MD) No.264 of 2021 BEFORE THE MADURAI BENCH OF MADRAS HIGH COURT DATED : 26.03.2021

CORAM:

THE HONOURABLE MR.JUSTICE K.KALYANASUNDARAM and THE HONOURABLE MR.JUSTICE G.ILANGOVAN H.C.P.(MD) No.264 of 2021 Gowri ... Petitioner/Wife of the detenu -vs1.The Principal Secretary to Government State of Tamil Nadu Home, Prohibition and Excise Department Secretariat, Chennai-600 009 2.The District Collector and District Magistrate Office of the 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 the issue of a Writ of Habeas Corpus, to call for the entire records connected with the detention order of the respondent No.2 in Detention Order No.11/2020, dated 19.03.2020 and quash the same and direct the respondents to produce the body or person of the detenu by name Thiru.Murugan, son of Ondiveeran, aged about 40 years, now detained as "Sexual Offender" at Madurai Central Prison, before this Court and set him at liberty forthwith. For Petitioner :

Mr.Alagumani.R.

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 is taken up for hearing, the learned counsel appearing for the petitioner submitted that the impugned detention order came to be passed on 19.03.2020 and the period of one year got expired on 18.03.2021 and therefore, the prayer sought for in this habeas corpus petition has become infructuous. https://hcservices.ecourts.gov.in/hcservices/ ___________

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2. Recording the above submission of the learned counsel for the petitioner, the habeas corpus petition is dismissed as infructuous.

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

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krk To:

1.The Principal Secretary to Government, State of Tamil Nadu, Home, Prohibition and Excise Department, Secretariat, Chennai-600 009.

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

H.C.P.(MD) No.264 of 2021 26.03.2021 ES(CO) KB(30.04.2021) 2P 5C https://hcservices.ecourts.gov.in/hcservices/ ___________