Manikandan @ Mani v. The Additional Chief Secretary To Government

BEFORE THE MADURAI BENCH OF MADRAS HIGH COURT DATED: 02.08.2022

CORAM:

THE HONOURABLE MR.JUSTICE P.N.PRAKASH AND THE HONOURABLE MRS.JUSTICE R.HEMALATHA Manikandan @ Mani : Petitioner Vs.

1.State of Tamil Nadu, Rep. by its Additional Chief Secretary to Government, Home, Prohibition and Excise Department, Fort St.George, Chennai - 600 009.

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

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

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PRAYER: Habeas Corpus Petition filed under Article 226 of the Constitution of India, praying to issue a Writ of Habeas Corpus, calling for the records connected with the detention order passed in H.S.(M) Confdl.No.03 of 2021 dated 05.01.2022 on the file of the second respondent herein and quash the same and direct the respondents to produce the detenu or body of the detenu namely Manikandan @ Mani, aged about 56 years, S/o.Karuppasamy, now detained at the Central Prison, Palayamkottai, before this Court and set him at liberty forthwith.

For Petitioner : Mr.N.Pragalathan For Respondents : Mr.S.Ravi, Additional Public Prosecutor

O R D E R

*********** [Order of the Court was made by P.N.PRAKASH, J.] It is submitted by the learned Additional Public Prosecutor that the detention order, passed in H.S.(M) Confdl.No.03 of 2021 dated 05.01.2022, by the second respondent, has been revoked by the Advisory Board vide G.O.Rt.No.1857, dated 05.04.2022.

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2. Recording the same, the Habeas Corpus Petition is closed.

[P.N.P.,J.] & [R.H..,J.] 02.08.2022 Index : Yes/No Internet : Yes/No pkn To 1.Additional Chief Secretary to Government, State of Tamil Nadu, Home, Prohibition and Excise Department, Fort St.George, Chennai - 600 009.

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

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

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

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P.N.PRAKASH , J.

and R.HEMALATHA , J.

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