Vellaiyammal v. The Principal Secretary To

H.C.P.(MD)No.226 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.226 of 2019 Vellaiyammal ... Petitioner Vs.

1.The Principal Secretary to the Government, Home, Prohibition and Excise Department, Secretariat, Chennai-600 009.

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

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

... Respondents Prayer : Petition filed under Article 226 of the Constitution of India for issuance of a Writ of Habeas Corpus to call for the entire records, connected with the detention order of the second respondent made in his proceedings in Cr.M.P.No.04/Goonda/2019, dated 19.02.2019, in detaining the detenu under Section 2(f) of the Tamil Nadu Act 14/1982, as a Goonda and quash the same and direct the respondents to produce the detenu namely Ganesan, S/o Ramaiah, Male aged about 56 years, who is detained in Central Prison, Trichy, before this Court and set him at liberty.

For Petitioner : Mr.K.M.Karunakaran 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 19.02.2019, passed by the second respondent, under Section 3(1) of Dangerous Activities https://hcservices.ecourts.gov.in/hcservices/ 1/2

H.C.P.(MD)No.226 of 2019 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 Cr.M.P.No.04/Goonda/2019, came forward to file the present Habeas Corpus Petition.

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submit that the detention order dated 19.02.2019, passed by the second respondent in Cr.M.P.No.04/Goonda/2019, has been revoked by the first respondent vide G.O.(Rt).No.1279, Home, Prohibition & Excise (IX) Department, dated 08.04.2019.

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 (Crl.Side) // True Copy // Sub Assistant Registrar(CS) To 1.The Principal Secretary to the Government, Home, Prohibition and Excise Department, Secretariat, Chennai-600 009.

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

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

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

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