Ramu v. The Additional Chief Secretary To Government

BEFORE THE MADURAI BENCH OF MADRAS HIGH COURT DATED: 23.09.2022

CORAM:

THE HONOURABLE MRS.JUSTICE J.NISHA BANU THE HONOURABLE MR.JUSTICE N.ANAND VENKATESH H.C.P.(MD)No .569 of 2022 Ramu : Petitioner / Mother of the detenu Vs.

1.The Additional Chief Secretary to the Government, Home, Prohibition and Excise Department, Secretariat, Chennai - 600009.

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

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

: Respondents 1/4

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 pertaining to the impugned detention order passed by the second respondent made in the proceedings in Detention Order in M.H.S.Confdl.No.31/2022 dated 14.02.2022 in detaining the detenu under Section 2(f) of the Tamil Nadu Act 14 of 1982 as a 'drug offender' and quash the same and direct the respondents to produce the detenu namely, M.Manikandaravi, S/o. Muthusamy, Male, aged 23 years, now detained at the Central Prison, Palayamkottai, Tirunelveli District, before this Court and set him at liberty.

For Petitioner : Mr.KA.Raamakrishan For Respondents : Mr.A.Thiruvadi Kumar Additional Public Prosecutor

O R D E R

*********** J. NISHA BANU, J.

N. ANAND VENKATESH, J.

It is submitted by the learned Additional Public Prosecutor that the detention order, passed in M.H.S.Confdl.No.31/2022 dated 2/4

14.02.2022, by the second respondent, has been revoked by the Advisory Board vide G.O.Rt.No.1693, dated 31.03.2022. 2.Recording the same, the Habeas Corpus Petition is closed.

[J.N.B., J.] & [N.A.V., J.] 23.09.2022 Index : Yes/No Internet : Yes/No PJL To 1.The Additional Chief Secretary to the Government, Home, Prohibition and Excise Department, Secretariat, Chennai - 600009.

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

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

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

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J. NISHA BANU, J.

N. ANAND VENKATESH, J.

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