Krishanveni v. The Additiional Cheif Secretary To The Government

H.C.P.(MD) No.408 of 2020 BEFORE THE MADURAI BENCH OF MADRAS HIGH COURT DATED : 28.09.2020

CORAM:

THE HONOURABLE MR.JUSTICE K.KALYANASUNDARAM and THE HONOURABLE MRS.JUSTICE T.KRISHNAVALLI H.C.P.(MD) No.408 of 2020 Krishnaveni ... Petitioner -vs1.The Additional Chief Secretary to the Government, Home, Prohibition and Excise Department, Secretariat, Chennai-600 009.

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

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

... Respondents PRAYER : Petition is filed under Article 226 of the Constitution of India praying for the issue of a Writ of Habeas Corpus calling for the records pertaining to the impugned detention order passed by the second respondent made in his proceedings in Detention Order No.35 of 2020, dated 23.06.2020 in detaining the detenue under Section 2(e) of the Tamilnadu Act 14 of 1982 as a DrugOffender and quash the same and direct the respondents to produce the detenue namely Prasanth @ Pandi, son of Rajendran, male, aged about 31 years, who is detained in Central Prison, Madurai, before this Court and set him at liberty.

For Petitioner :

Mr.S.Mahendrapathy For Respondents :

Mr.V.Neelakandan Additional Public Prosecutor

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, Prasanth @ Pandi, son of Rajendran, aged about 31 years, challenging the detention order No.35 of 2020, dated 23.06.2020, passed by the second respondent, branding him as "Drug-Offender" as contemplated under Section 2(e) of Tamil Nadu Act 14 of 1982.

2. When the matter was taken up for hearing, the learned counsel for the petitioner as well as the learned Additional https://hcservices.ecourts.gov.in/hcservices/ 1/2

H.C.P.(MD) No.408 of 2020 Public Prosecutor for the respondents, by producing a copy of G.O.Rt.No.3353, Home, Prohibition & Excise (XIII) Department, dated 10.08.2020, would state that the impugned detention order has been revoked.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 Additional Chief Secretary to the Government, Home, Prohibition and Excise Department, Secretariat, Chennai-600 009.

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

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

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

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