Kaliyaperumal v. The Additional Chief Secretary To Government

BEFORE THE MADURAI BENCH OF MADRAS HIGH COURT DATED : 19.06.2023

CORAM:

THE HONOURABLE MR.JUSTICE R.SURESH KUMAR AND THE HONOURABLE MR.JUSTICE K.K.RAMAKRISHNAN H.C.P.(MD)No.386 of 2023 Kaliyaperumal ... Petitioner / Brother of the Detenu Vs.

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

2.The District Collector and District Magistrate, Mayiladudurai, Mayiladudurai District.

3.The Superintendent of Prison, Central Prison, Trichirappalli.

... 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 1/4

the detention order of the 2nd respondent in C.O.C.No.19/2022, dated 16.06.2022 in detaining the detenu under Section 2(ggg) of the Tamil Nadu Act 14 of 1982 as a sexual offender and quash the same and direct the respondents to produce the body or person of the detenu, namely, Senthil, S/o.Agoram, Male aged about 33 years, now detained at Central Prison, Trichirappalli before this Court and set him at liberty. For Petitioner : Mr.A.Joseph Jerry For Respondents : Mr.A.Thiruvadi Kumar Additional Public Prosecutor

ORDER

(Order of the Court was made by R.SURESH KUMAR, J.) Today, when the matter is taken up for hearing, the learned Additional Public Prosecutor for the respondents has submitted that the date of detention is 16.06.2022. Therefore, one year detention period is over. Hence, this Habeas Corpus Petition has become infructuous. 2.The said position is not controverted by the learned counsel for the petitioner.

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3.In view of the same, this Habeas Corpus Petition is dismissed as infructuous.

(R.S.K., J.) & (K.K.R.K, J.) 19.06.2023 NCC : Yes / No Index : Yes / No Internet : Yes / No MYR To 1.The Additional Chief Secretary to Government, Home, Prohibition and Excise Department, Secretariat, Chennai- 600 009.

2.The District Collector and District Magistrate, Mayiladudurai, Mayiladudurai District.

3.The Superintendent of Prison, Central Prison, Trichirappalli.

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

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R.SURESH KUMAR, J.

AND K.K.RAMAKRISHNAN, J.

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