D.Shudharshini v. The Additional Chief Secretary To Government

H.C.P.(MD) No.151 of 2020 BEFORE THE MADURAI BENCH OF MADRAS HIGH COURT DATED : 19.08.2020

CORAM:

THE HONOURABLE MR.JUSTICE K.KALYANASUNDARAM and THE HONOURABLE MRS.JUSTICE T.KRISHNAVALLI H.C.P.(MD) No.151 of 2020 D.Shudharshini ... Petitioner/Wife of the Detenu -vs1.The State of Tamil Nadu, represented by The Additional Chief Secretary to Government, Home, Prohibition and Excise Department, Secretariat, Chennai - 600 009.

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

3.The Superintendent, Central Prison, Tiruchirappalli.

... Respondents PRAYER: Petition filed under Article 226 of the Constitution of India, to issue a writ of habeas corpus calling for the entire records in Detention Order passed in Cr.M.P.No.15 of 2020, dated 12.2.2020, on the file of the second respondent and set aside the same as illegal and direct the respondents to produce the body or person of the Petitioner's husband namely Dinesh @ Dinesh Kumar, Son of Renganathan, male, aged 26 years, who is detained in Central Prison, Tiruchirappalli before this Court and set him at liberty. For Petitioner : Mr.K.A.S.Prabu 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, Dinesh @ Dineshkumar, son of Renganathan aged about 26 years, challenging the detention order in Cr.M.P.No.15 of 2020, dated 12.2.2020, passed by the second respondent, branding him https://hcservices.ecourts.gov.in/hcservices/ 1/2

H.C.P.(MD) No.151 of 2020 as "Goonda" as contemplated under Section 2(f) of Tamil Nadu Act 14 of 1982.

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.1481, Home, Prohibition & Excise (XII) Department, dated 18.03.2020, would state that the impugned detention order has been revoked.

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

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

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

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

3.The Superintendent, Central Prison, Tiruchirappalli.

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

ORDER MADE IN H.C.P.(MD) No.151 of 2020 19.08.2020 vsn SDS (26.08.2020) 2P-5C https://hcservices.ecourts.gov.in/hcservices/ 2/2