Sulaiman v. The Additional Chief Secretary To Government

BEFORE THE MADURAI BENCH OF MADRAS HIGH COURT DATED : 10.09.2024

CORAM:

THE HONOURABLE MR.JUSTICE C.V.KARTHIKEYAN and THE HON'BLE MR.JUSTICE J.SATHYA NARAYANA PRASAD H.C.P.(MD) No.417 of 2024 Sulaiman ... Petitioner / detenu Vs.

1.The Additional Chief Secretary to Government, State of Tamil Nadu, Home, Prohibition and Excise (xiv) Department, Fort St. George, Chennai - 600 009.

2.The District Collector and District Magistrate, Office of the District Collector and District Magistrate, Tirunelveli District, Tirunelveli.

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

...Respondents

PRAYER: Petition filed under Article 226 of the Constitution of India, to issue a Writ of Habeas Corpus, to call for the entire records connected with the Detention Order of the second respondent in M.H.S.Confdl.No. 40/2024 dated 02.03.2024 and quash the same and direct the respondents 1/4

to produce the body or person of the detenu by name Sulaiman, Son of Mohammad Sheik, aged about 28 years, now detained as "Goonda" at Palayamkottai Central Prison, before this Court and set him at liberty forthwith.

For Petitioner : Mr.R.Alagumani For Respondents : Mr.S.Ravi Additional Public Prosecutor.

O R D E R

The petitioner is the detenu, namely, Sulaiman, Son of Mohammad Sheik, aged about 28 years. The detenu has been detained by the second respondent by his proceedings in M.H.S.Confdl.No. 40/2024 dated 02.03.2024 holding him to be a "Goonda", as contemplated under Section 2(f) of Tamil Nadu Act 14 of 1982. The said order is under challenge in this Habeas Corpus Petition.

2. The learned Additional Public Prosecutor appearing for the respondents, by producing a copy of G.O.Rt.No.2103, Home, Prohibition & Excise (XIV) Department, dated 08.04.2024, would state that the impugned detention order has been revoked and hence, the prayer sought for in this Habeas Corpus Petition has become infructuous. 2/4

3. Recording the same, this Habeas Corpus Petition is dismissed as having become infructuous.

(C.V.K., J.) (J.S.N.P, J.) 10.09.2024 Index : Yes / No Internet : Yes / No NCC : Yes / No RM To 1.The Additional Chief Secretary to Government, State of Tamil Nadu, Home, Prohibition and Excise (xiv) Department, Fort St. George, Chennai - 600 009.

2.The District Collector and District Magistrate, Office of the District Collector and District Magistrate, Tirunelveli District, Tirunelveli.

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

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

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C.V.KARTHIKEYAN, J.

and J.SATHYA NARAYANA PRASAD, J.

RM ORDER MADE IN H.C.P.(MD) No.417 of 2024 10.09.2024 4/4