V.Muthupandi v. The Additional Chief Secretary To Government

BEFORE THE MADURAI BENCH OF MADRAS HIGH COURT DATED: 01.12.2022

CORAM:

THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE M.S. RAMESH AND THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE N. ANAND VENKATESH H.C.P.(MD)No .846 of 2022 V.Muthupandi : Petitioner / father of the detenu Vs.

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

2.The Commissioner of Police, Tirunelveli City, Tirunelveli.

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

: Respondents 1/4

PRAYER: Habeas Corpus Petition filed under Article 226 of the Constitution of India, praying to issue a Writ of Habeas Corpus, calling for the entire records connected with the detention order passed in No.52/BCDFGISSSV/2022 dated 17.05.2022 on the file of the second respondent herein and quash the same and direct the respondents to produce the detenu or body of the detenu namely, the Petitioner's son, i.e., Vignesh, aged about 26 years, S/o. Muthupandi, now detained at the Central Prison, Palayamkottai, before this Court and set him at liberty.

For Petitioner :

Mr.N.Pragalathan For Respondents :

Mr.A.Thiruvadi Kumar Additional Public Prosecutor

O R D E R

*********** M.S. RAMESH, J.

and N. ANAND VENKATESH, J.

It is submitted by the learned Additional Public Prosecutor that the detention order, passed in No.52/ BCDFGISSSV/2022 dated 17.05.2022, by the second respondent, has been revoked by the Advisory Board vide G.O.Rt.No.3916, dated 28.06.2022. 2/4

2.Recording the same, the Habeas Corpus Petition is closed.

[M.S.R., J.] & [N.A.V., J.] 01.12.2022 Index : Yes/No Internet : Yes/No PJL To 1.The Additional Chief Secretary to Government, State of Tamil Nadu, Home, Prohibition and Excise Department, Fort St. George, Chennai - 600 009.

2.The Commissioner of Police, Tirunelveli City, Tirunelveli.

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

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

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M.S. RAMESH, J.

and N. ANAND VENKATESH, J.

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