Priya 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 .888 of 2022 Priya : Petitioner / detenu Vs.

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

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

3.The Superintendent of Prison, Special Prison for Women, Madurai District.

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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 Detention Order No.43/2022 dated 19.05.2022 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, i.e., Priya, aged about 33 years, W/o. Rajaprabu, now detained at the Special Prison for Women, Madurai, before this Court and set her at liberty.

For Petitioner :

Mr.R.Alagumani For Respondents :

Mr.A.Thiruvadi Kumar Additional Public Prosecutor

O R D E R

N. ANAND VENKATESH, J.

It is submitted by the learned Additional Public Prosecutor that the detention order, passed in Detention Order No.43/2022 dated 19.05.2022, by the second respondent, has been revoked by the Advisory Board vide G.O.Rt.No.4082, dated 05.07.2022.

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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, Home, Prohibition and Excise Department, Secretariat, Chennai - 600 009.

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

3.The Superintendent of Prison, Special Prison for Women, Madurai District.

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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