M.Sivaranjani, D/O.Manickvel v. The Principal Secretary To

BEFORE THE MADURAI BENCH OF MADRAS HIGH COURT DATED: 03.04.2018

CORAM:

THE HONOURABLE MR.JUSTICE C.T.SELVAM AND THE HONOURABLE MR.JUSTICE A.M.BASHEER AHAMED H.C.P.[MD].No.20 of 2018 M.Sivaranjani : Petitioner Vs.

1.The State of Tamil Nadu, Rep by the Principal Secretary to Government, Home, Prohibition and Excise Department, Secretariat, Chennai 9.

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

3.The Superintendent, Special Prison for Women, Tiruchirappalli, Tiruchirappalli District.

: Respondents PRAYER: Petition is filed under Article 226 of the Constitution of India to issue a Writ of Habeas Corpus to call for the records relating to the impugned order of detention made in C.O.C.No.89 of 2017, dated 18.12.2017, on the file of the District Collector and District Magistrate, Nagapattinam, Nagapattinam District, the second respondent herein, branding the detenu, by name, Tmt.Athishtakumari, aged about 42 years, W/o.Manickavel, as "Boot-Legger", who is now confined in Special Prison for Women, Tiruchirappalli and quash the impugned order of detention and set her at liberty by producing her before this Court.

For Petitioner : Mr.R.Ilayaraja For Respondents : Mr.V.Neelakandan Additional Public Prosecutor

O R D E R

*********** [Order of the Court was made by C.T.SELVAM, J.] The learned Additional Public Prosecutor produced a copy of the order in G.O.Rt.No.381, Home Prohibition & Excise (XV) Department, dated 31.01.2018, revoking the detention by the Advisory Board. https://hcservices.ecourts.gov.in/hcservices/

2. In view of the order dated 31.01.2018, nothing survives for adjudication in the Habeas Corpus Petition.

3. The Habeas Corpus Petition is dismissed as infructuous. Sd/- Assistant Registrar (CO) /True Copy/ Sub Assistant Registrar To 1.The Principal Secretary to Government, Home, Prohibition and Excise Department, Secretariat, Chennai 9.

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

3.The Superintendent, Special Prison for Women, Tiruchirappalli, Tiruchirappalli District.

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

NB RL/5C/2P/SV/MMS/SAR1/18/4/2018 ORDER MADE IN H.C.P.[MD].No.20 of 2018 03.04.2018 https://hcservices.ecourts.gov.in/hcservices/