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Palanikumar v. The Principal Secretary To Government

2020-09-18Honourable Mr Justice K. Kalyanasundaram,Honourable Mrs Justice T. Krishnavalli (Retd.)2 pages

H.C.P.(MD) No.327 of 2020 BEFORE THE MADURAI BENCH OF MADRAS HIGH COURT DATED : 18.09.2020

CORAM:

THE HONOURABLE MR.JUSTICE K.KALYANASUNDARAM and THE HONOURABLE MRS.JUSTICE T.KRISHNAVALLI H.C.P.(MD) No.327 of 2020 Palanikumar ... Petitioner -vs1. The Principal Secretary to Government, State of Tamil Nadu, Home, Prohibition and Excise Department, Fort St. George, Chennai - 600 009.

2. The Commissioner of Police, Office of the Commissioner of Police, Madurai City, Madurai.

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

... 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 respondent No.2, in No.10/BCDFGISSSIV/2020 dated 01.06.2020 and quash the same and direct the respondents to produce the body or person of the detenu by name Palanikumar, son of Annakodi, aged about 28 years now detained as Goonda at Madurai Central Prison before this Court and set him at liberty forthwith.

For Petitioner :

Mr.R.Alagumani For Respondents :

Mr.V.Neelakandan Additional Public Prosecutor

O R D E R

[Order of the Court was made by K.KALYANASUNDARAM, J.] The petitioner has filed the habeas corpus petition seeking to quash the proceedings of the second respondent in No.10/BCDFGISSIV/2020 dated 01.06.2020, branding him as a "Goonda" as contemplated under Section 2(f) of Tamil Nadu Act, 14 of 1982, detained him at the Madurai Central Prison and to set him at liberty.

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2. Today, when the matter is 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.3145, Home, Prohibition & Excise (IX) Department, dated 27.07.2020, would state that the impugned detention order has been revoked.

3. Recording the above submissions, the habeas corpus petition is closed.

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To:

1. The Principal Secretary to Government, State of Tamil Nadu, Home, Prohibition and Excise Department, Fort St. George, Chennai - 600 009.

2. The Commissioner of Police, Office of the Commissioner of Police, Madurai City, Madurai.

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

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

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