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Madras High CourtHCP(MD)/685/2022closed

Balamurugan v. The Additional Chief Secretary To Government

2022-10-14Honourable Mrs Justice J. Nisha Banu,Honourable Mr Justice N. Anand Venkatesh4 pages

BEFORE THE MADURAI BENCH OF MADRAS HIGH COURT DATED: 14.10.2022

CORAM

THE HON'BLE MRS JUSTICE J. NISHA BANU AND THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE N. ANAND VENKATESH H.C.P.(MD)No.685 of 2022 Balamurugan ... Petitioner / Father of the Detenue Vs.

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

2.The District Collector / District Magistrate, Thoothukudi District, Thoothukudi.

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

...Respondents

PRAYER:

Petition filed under Article 226 of the Constitution of India to issue a Writ of Habeas Corpus, calling for the records relating to the

detention order passed by the second respondents in H.S.(MD).Confdl.No. 59/2022, dated 05.04.2022 and quash the same and direct the respondents to produce the detenu Thiru.Muthukumar, S/o.Balamurugan, Male aged 22, who is detained at Central Prison, Madurai, before this Court and set him at liberty.

For Petitioner : Mr.R.Pon Karthikeyan For Respondents : Mr.A.Thiruvadi Kumar Additional Public Prosecutor

ORDER

J. NISHA BANU,J.

and N. ANAND VENKATESH,J.

When the matter was taken up for hearing, the learned counsel for the petitioner as well as the learned Additional Public Prosecutor, by producing a proceeding in G.O.Rt.No.2887, Home, Prohibition and Excise (XII) Department, dated 18.05.2022 submitted that the detention order has already been revoked.

2.Recording the said submission, this Habeas Corpus Petition is closed.

(J.N.B.,J.) (N.A.V.,J.) 14.10.2022 Index : Yes/No Internet : Yes ta/ns To:

1.The Additional Chief Secretary to Government, Home, Prohibition and Excise Department, Fort St.George, Chennai - 600 009.

2.The District Collector / District Magistrate, Thoothukudi District, Thoothukudi.

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

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

J. NISHA BANU,J.

and N. ANAND VENKATESH,J.

ta/ns Order made in H.C.P.(MD)No.685 of 2022 Dated 14.10.2022