T.Kala, v. The Secretary To Government,

H.C.P.(MD)No.203 of 2019 BEFORE THE MADURAI BENCH OF MADRAS HIGH COURT DATED : 07.08.2019

CORAM

THE HONOURABLE MR.JUSTICE M.SATHYANARAYANAN AND THE HONOURABLE MR.JUSTICE B.PUGALENDHI H.C.P(MD)No.203 of 2019 T.Kala ... Petitioner Vs.

1.The State of Tamil Nadu, represented by its Secretary to Government, Home, Prohibition & Excise Department, Fort St.George, Chennai-600 009.

2.The Commissioner of Police, Tiruchirappalli City, Trichy.

3.The Superintendent, Central Prison, Trichy.

... Respondents Prayer : Petition filed under Article 203 of the Constitution of India for issuance of a Writ of Habeas Corpus to call for the records, relating to the Detention Order passed by the second respondent in C.No.09/Detention/C.P.O/TC/2019, dated 09.02.2019 and quash the same and direct the respondents to produce the body or person of the detenu namely Appu @ Harikrishnan, son of Thangavel, aged about 29 years (now detained at Central Prison, Trichy), before this Court and set him at liberty.

For Petitioner : Mr.N.Anandakumar For Respondents : Mr.K.Dinesh Babu Additional Public Prosecutor * * * * *

ORDER

(Order of the Court was made by M.SATHYANARAYANAN,J.) The wife of the detenu is the petitioner and challenging the legality of the impugned order of detention dated 09.02.2019, passed by the second respondent, under Section 3(1) of Dangerous Activities of Bootleggers, Drug-offenders, Forest-offenders, Goondas, Immoral Traffic Offenders, Sand Offenders, Slum Grabbers and Video Pirates Act, 1982 (Tamil Nadu Act 14 of 1982) and branding the detenu as 'Goonda' in C.No.09/Detention/C.P.O/TC/2019, came forward to file the present Habeas Corpus Petition.

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2. Heard the submissions of the learned Counsel appearing for the petitioner and the learned Additional Public Prosecutor appearing for the respondents, who, on instructions, would submit that the detention order dated 09.02.2019, passed by the second respondent in C.No.09/Detention/C.P.O/TC/2019, has been revoked by the first respondent vide G.O.(Rt).No.1033, Home, Prohibition & Excise (XII) Department, dated 25.03.2019.

3. In view of the said development, nothing survives for adjudication in this petition.

4. In fine, this Habeas Corpus Petition is dismissed. Sd/- Assistant Registrar // True Copy // Sub Assistant Registrar(CS ) To 1.The Secretary to the Government, Home, Prohibition and Excise Department, Secretariat, Chennai-600 009.

2.The Commissioner of Police, Tiruchirappalli City, Trichy.

3.The Superintendent, Central Prison, Trichy.

4.The Joint Secretary to Government, Public (LAW and Order), Fort Saint George, Chennai-09.

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

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