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Madras High CourtHCP(MD)/241/2023closed

Vijaya v. The Additional Chief Secretary To Government

2023-07-26Honourable Mr Justice M.S. Ramesh,Honourable Mr Justice M. Nirmal Kumar4 pages

BEFORE THE MADURAI BENCH OF MADRAS HIGH COURT DATED: 26.07.2023

CORAM

THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE M.S.RAMESH AND THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE M.NIRMAL KUMAR H.C.P.(MD)No.241 of 2023 Vijaya ... Petitioner/Wife of Detenu Vs

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

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

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

... Respondents Petition filed under Article 226 of the Constitution of India to issue a writ of Habeas Corpus calling for the records pertaining to the detention order passed by the second respondent in H.S.(M).Confdl.No.02/2023,

dated 10.01.2023 and quash the same and direct the respondents to produce the body or detenu namely Murugan, S/o.Laxmanan, aged about 50 years (now detained at Central Prison, Palayamkottai) before this Court and set him at liberty forthwith.

For Petitioner : Mr.C.Mayilvahana Rajendran For Respondents : Mr.A.Thiruvadikumar Additional Public Prosecutor

ORDER

(Order of the Court was made by M.S.RAMESH, 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.969 Home, Prohibition and Excise (XII) Department, dated 20.02.2023 submitted that the detention order has already been revoked. Recording the said submission, this Habeas Corpus Petition is closed.

(M.S.R.,J.) (M.N.K.,J.) 26.07.2023 NCC : Yes / No Internet : Yes PNM/RR

To

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

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

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

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

M.S.RAMESH, J.

and M.NIRMAL KUMAR,J.

PNM/RR H.C.P.(MD)No.241 of 2023 26.07.2023