Muthulakshmi v. The Principal Secretary To Government
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 Muthulakshmi ... Petitioner/mother of the Detenu -vs1.The Principal Secretary to Government, Home, Prohibition and Excise Department, State of Tamil Nadu, Fort St.George, Chennai - 600 009.
2.The District Collector and the District Magistrate Office of the District Collector and District Magistrate, Thoothukudi District, Thoothukudi.
3.The Superintendent of Prison, Palayamkottai Central Prison, Tirunelveli District.
... Respondents PRAYER: Petition filed under Article 226 of the Constitution of India, to issue a writ of habeas corpus calling for the entire records connected with the Detention Order of the second respondent in H.S.(M).Confdl.No.18 of 2020, dated 20.2.2020 and to quash the same and direct the respondents to produce the detenu by name Manikandan @ Mamanikandan, son of Marimuthu, aged about 22 years, now detained in Palayamkottai Central Prison before this Court and set him at liberty forthwith.
For Petitioner :
Mr.R.Vinoth Bharathi 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, Manikandan @ Mamanikandan, son of Marimuthu, aged about 22 years, challenging the detention order in H.S.(M).Confdl.No.18 of 2020, dated 20.2.2020, passed by the 1/3
second 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.1818, Home, Prohibition & Excise (XII) Department, dated 21.04.2020, would state that the impugned detention order has been revoked.
3. Recording the above submission, the habeas corpus petition is closed.
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To:
1.The Principal Secretary to Government, Home, Prohibition and Excise Department, State of Tamil Nadu, Fort St.George, Chennai - 600 009.
2.The District Collector and the District Magistrate Office of the District Collector and District Magistrate, Thoothukudi District, Thoothukudi.
3.The Superintendent of Prison, Palayamkottai Central Prison, Tirunelveli District.
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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.
ORDER MADE IN 19.08.2020 KG(CO) TR(26.08.2020) 3P 6C 3/3