Maheswari v. The Additonal Chief Secretary To Government

H.C.P.(MD) No.513 of 2021 BEFORE THE MADURAI BENCH OF MADRAS HIGH COURT DATED :23.06.2021

CORAM:

THE HONOURABLE MR.JUSTICE K.KALYANASUNDARAM and THE HONOURABLE MR.JUSTICE B.PUGALENDHI H.C.P.(MD) No.513 of 2021 Maheswari ... Petitioner/Mother of the detenu -vs1.The Government 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, Nagapattinam District, Nagapattinam.

3.The Superintendent, Central Prison, Tiruchirappalli District.

... Respondents PRAYER: Petition filed under Article 226 of the Constitution of India, to issue a writ of habeas corpus to call for the detention order dated 24.2.2021, made in C.O.C.No.05 of 2021, on the file of the second respondent and to quash the same and consequently to direct the respondents to produce the Petitioner's son namely, ''Appas @ Arunraj, son of Murugan, aged about 25 years, who is now detained as a detenue at Central Prison, Tiruchirappalli or his corpus or body before this Court and set him at liberty forthwith. For Petitioner :

Mr.J.Sankara Pandian For Respondents :

Mr.S.Ravi, Standing Counsel for the State

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, Appas @ Arunraj, son of Murugan, aged about 25 years,challenging the detention order in in C.O.C.No.05 of 2021, dated 24.02.2021 passed by the second respondent, branding him as "Sexual Offender " as contemplated under Section 2(ggg) of Tamil Nadu Act 14 of 1982.

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2. When the matter is taken up for hearing, the learned counsel for the petitioner as well as the learned Standing Counsel appearing for the respondents/State, by producing a copy of G.O.Rt.No.1836, Home, Prohibition & Excise (XV) Department, dated 19.04.2021, would state that the impugned detention order has been revoked.

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

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To:

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

2.The District Collector and the District Magistrate, Nagapattinam District,Nagapattinam.

3.The Superintendent, Central Prison,Tiruchirappalli District.

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

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