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Madras High CourtHCP(MD)/168/2022closed

Vidhya v. The Principal Secretary To Government

2022-07-27Honourable Mr Justice P. N. Prakash,Honourable Mrs Justice R. Hemalatha4 pages

BEFORE THE MADURAI BENCH OF MADRAS HIGH COURT DATED: 27.07.2022

CORAM

The Honourable Mr. Justice P.N.PRAKASH and The Honourable Mrs. Justice R.HEMALATHA H.C.P.(MD)No.168 of 2022 Vidhya .. Petitioner /daughter of the detenu Vs.

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

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

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

.. Respondents Petition filed under Article 226 of the Constitution of India to issue a writ of Habeas Corpus to call for the records pertaining to the impugned detention order passed by the 2nd respondent made in his proceedings in P.D.O.No.03 of 2022 dated 25.01.2022 in detaining the detenue under Section 2(e) of the Tamil Nadu Act 14 of 1982 as a Drug Offender and quash the same and direct the respondents to produce the detenue namely Vasanthi, W/o.Balakrishnan, female aged about 51 years, who is detained at

Special Prison for women, Tiruchirappalli, before this Court and set her at liberty.

For Petitioner : Mr.K.M.Karunakaran For Respondents : Mr.A.Thiruvadikumar Additional Public Prosecutor

ORDER

[Order of the Court was made by R.HEMALATHA, J.] When the matter was taken up for hearing, the learned counsel for the petitioner as well as the Additional Public Prosecutor, by producing a proceeding in G.O.Rt.No.1808, Home, Prohibition and Excise (XIV) Department dated 04.04.2022, submitted that the detention order has been revoked. Recording the said submission, this Habeas Corpus Petition is closed.

(P.N.P.,J.) (R.H.,J.) 27.07.2022 Index : Yes/No Internet : Yes RR

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

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

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

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

P.N.PRAKASH,J.

and R.HEMALATHA,J.

RR H.C.P.(MD)No.168 of 2022 27.07.2022