Madras High CourtHCP(MD)/1477/2016dismissed

P.Durga v. The Secretary To The Govt.

2017-02-17Honourable Mr Justice R.Subbiah,Honourable Mrs Justice J. Nisha Banu2 pages

BEFORE THE MADURAI BENCH OF MADRAS HIGH COURT DATED: 17.02.2017

CORAM:

THE HONOURABLE MR.JUSTICE R.SUBBIAH AND THE HONOURABLE MRS.JUSTICE J.NISHA BANU H.C.P.[MD].No.1477 of 2016 P.Durga : Petitioner Vs.

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

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

3.The Jailor/Additional Superintendent of Prison, Central Prison, Palayamkottai, Tirunelveli District.

: Respondents PRAYER: Petition filed under Article 226 of the Constitution of India praying to issue a Writ of Habeas Corpus, to call for the records, relating to the detention order passed by the second respondent in H.S.(M).Confdl.No.49/2016, dated 21.10.2016 and quash the same and direct the respondents to produce the body or person of the detenu, namely, Periyadurai, S/o.Murugan, aged about 27 years, now detained at Central Prison, Palayamkottai, before this Court and set him at liberty forthwith.

For Petitioner : Mr.S.Karthick Subramanian For Respondents : Mr.C.Mayil Vahana Rajendran Additional Public Prosecutor

O R D E R

*********** [Order of the Court was made by R.SUBBIAH, J.] The learned counsel for the petitioner submitted that the detention order has been revoked by the Advisory Board and hence, nothing survives for adjudication in this Habeas Corpus Petition.

2. In view of the above, the Habeas Corpus Petition is dismissed as withdrawn.

Sd/- Assistant Registrar(CS-II) https://hcservices.ecourts.gov.in/hcservices/ /TRUE COPY/ Sub Assistant Registrar

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

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

3.The Jailor/Additional Superintendent of Prison, Central Prison, Palayamkottai, Tirunelveli District.

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

ORDER MADE IN H.C.P.[MD].No.1477 of 2016 17.02.2017 NB SVA/MR/28.02.2017/2P/5C https://hcservices.ecourts.gov.in/hcservices/