Indhirani v. The Additional Chief Secretary To Government

BEFORE THE MADURAI BENCH OF MADRAS HIGH COURT DATED :23.07.2021

CORAM:

THE HONOURABLE MR.JUSTICE K.KALYANASUNDARAM and THE HONOURABLE MR.JUSTICE B.PUGALENDHI Indhirani ... Petitioner/Mother of the detenu -vs1.The State of Tamil Nadu, represented by The Additional Chief Secretary to Government Home, Prohibition and Excise Department Secretariat, Chennai-600 009.

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

3.The Superintendent, Central Prison, Tiruchirappalli.

... Respondents PRAYER: Petition filed under Article 226 of the Constitution of India, to issue a writ of habeas corpus calling for the entire records in detention order passed in P.D.O.No.24 of 2021, dated 28.4.2021, on the file of the second respondent and to set aside the same as illegal and to direct the respondents to produce the body or person of the Petitioner's son namely Vijay @ Kozhi Vijay, son of Sivakumar, male, aged 22 years, who is detained in Central Prison, Tiruchirappalli before this Court and set him at liberty. For Petitioner :

Mr.K.A.S.Prabhu For Respondents :

Mr.T.Senthil Kumar Standing Counsel for the State

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, Vijay @ Kozhi Vijay, son of Sivakumar, aged 22 years, challenging the detention order in P.D.O.No.24 of 2021, dated 28.4.2021, passed by the second respondent, branding him as "Goonda " as contemplated under Section 2(f) of Tamil Nadu Act 14 of 1982.

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2. When the matter is taken up for hearing, the learned counsel for the petitioner as well as the learned Standing Counsel for the State appearing for the respondents, by producing a copy of G.O.Rt.No.2646, Home, Prohibition & Excise (XIV) Department, dated 14.06.2021, would state that the impugned detention order has been revoked.

3. Recording the above submission, the habeas corpus petition is closed.

Sd/- Assistant Registrar (CS-I) // True Copy // / /2021 Sub Assistant Registrar(CS) vsn Note :In view of the present lock down owing to COVID-19 pandemic, a web copy of the order may be utilized for official purposes, but, ensuring that the copy of the order that is presented is the correct copy, shall be the responsibility of the advocate / litigant concerned.

To:

1.The Additional Chief Secretary to Government, Government of Tamil Nadu, Home, Prohibition and Excise Department Secretariat, Chennai-600 009.

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

3.The Superintendent, Central Prison, Tiruchirappalli.

4.The Joint Secretary to Government, Public Law and Order, Fort St. George, Chennai-9.

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

23.07.2021 KMK(CO) LR (02.08.2021) 3P 6C 3/3