P.Shanmugakani v. The District Collector And District Magistrate

BEFORE THE MADURAI BENCH OF MADRAS HIGH COURT DATED : 07.08.2020

CORAM:

THE HONOURABLE MR.JUSTICE K.KALYANASUNDARAM and THE HONOURABLE MRS.JUSTICE T.KRISHNAVALLI P.Shanmugakani ... Petitioner -vs1.State represented by The District Collector and District Magistrate Thoothukudi District, Thoothukudi Thoothukudi District 2.The Principal Secretary to Government Home, Prohibition and Excise Department Secretariat, Chennai-9 3.The Superintendent Central Prison Palayankottai ... Respondents PRAYER : Petition is filed under Article 226 of the Constitution of India praying for the issue of a Writ of Habeas Corpus calling for the records from the first respondent in H.S.(M) Confdl.No.09/2020, dated 28.01.2020, by setting aside the said order of detention passed by the first respondent and setting the detenu P.Jeyamurugan, son of Patchaiperumal, aged about 23 years at liberty now detained in the Central Prison, Palayamkottai. For Petitioner :

Mr.S.Senthil Sankaranathakumar 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 mother of the detenu, namely, P.Jeyamurugan, son of Patchaiperumal, aged about 23 years, challenging the detention order in H.S.(M) 1/3

Confdl.No.09/2020, dated 28.01.2020, passed by the first respondent, branding him 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.1391, Home, Prohibition & Excise (XII) Department, dated 16.03.2020, would state that the impugned detention order has been revoked.

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

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To:

1.The District Collector and District Magistrate, Thoothukudi District, Thoothukudi.

2.The Principal Secretary to Government, Home, Prohibition and Excise Department, Secretariat, Chennai-9.

3.The Superintendent, Central Prison, Palayankottai.

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4. The Joint Secretary to Government, Public (Law & Order), Fort Saint George, Chennai 5.The Additional Public Prosecutor, Madurai Bench of Madras High Court, Madurai.

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