Muthukumaran @ Muthukumar @ Prem v. The Additional Chief Secretary To Government

BEFORE THE MADURAI BENCH OF MADRAS HIGH COURT DATED: 21.07.2022

CORAM:

THE HONOURABLE MR.JUSTICE P.N.PRAKASH AND THE HONOURABLE MRS.JUSTICE R.HEMALATHA Muthukumaran alias Muthukumar alias Prem : Petitioner Vs.

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

2.The District Collector / District Magistrate, Tenkasi District, Tenkasi.

3.The Superintendent of Prison, Central Prison, Palayamkottai, Tirunelveli.

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PRAYER: Habeas Corpus Petition filed under Article 226 of the Constitution of India, praying to issue a Writ of Habeas Corpus, calling for the entire records in detention order passed in M.H.S.Confdl.No. 04/2022 dated 11.01.2022 on the file of the second respondent herein and quash the same and direct the respondents to produce the detenue or body of the detenu namely , Muthukumaran alias Muthukumar alias Prem, son of Arunachalam, aged about 30, now detained at the Central Prison, Palayamkottai, before this Court and set him at liberty. 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 P.N.PRAKASH, J.] It is submitted by the learned Additional Public Prosecutor that the detention order, passed in M.H.S.Confdl.No.04/2022 dated 11.01.2022, by the second respondent, has been revoked by the Advisory Board vide G.O.Rt.No.1803, dated 04.04.2022.

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2. Recording the same, the Habeas Corpus Petition is closed. [P.N.P.,J.] & [R.H..,J.] 21.07.2022 Index : Yes/No Internet : Yes/No pkn To 1.The Additional Chief Secretary to Government, The State of Tamil Nadu, Home, Prohibition and Excise Department, Secretariat, Chennai - 600 009.

2.The District Collector / District Magistrate, Tenkasi District, Tenkasi.

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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P.N.PRAKASH, J.

and R.HEMALATHA , J.

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