Madras High CourtHCP(MD)/1681/2016closed

Karuvayan v. The Principal Secretary To

2018-10-25Honourable Mr Justice M.M.Sundresh,Honourable Mr Justice N. Sathish Kumar2 pages

BEFORE THE MADURAI BENCH OF MADRAS HIGH COURT DATED: 25.10.2018

CORAM:

THE HONOURABLE MR.JUSTICE M.M.SUNDRESH AND THE HONOURABLE MR.JUSTICE N.SATHISH KUMAR H.C.P.[MD].No.1681 of 2016 Karuvayan : Petitioner Vs.

1.The State of Tamil Nadu, Rep by The Principal Secretary to Government, Home [Prison] Department, Tamil Nadu Government Chief Secretariat, Chennai 600 009.

2.The Additional Director General of Police, /Inspector General of Prison, C.M.D.A Towers, No.1 Gandhi-Irwin Road, Egmore, Chennai 600 008.

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

: Respondents PRAYER: Petition is filed under Article 226 of the Constitution of India to issue a Writ of Habeas Corpus, directing the respondents to produce the petitioner, by name, Karuvayan, S/o.Kantha Mooper, aged about 66 years, now lodged and confined at Central Prison, Madurai, before this Court and set him at liberty, on the basis of th Letter (Ms).No.1358, dated 10.11.1994, on humanitarian grounds, on completion of 20 years actual imprisonment. For Petitioner : Mr.R.Alagumani For Respondents: Mr.K.Chellapandian Additional Advocate General Assisted by Mr.K.Dinesh Babu Additional Public Prosecutor

ORDER

[Order of the Court was made by M.M.SUNDRESH, J.] Today, when the Habeas Corpus Petition is taken up for hearing, the learned Additional Advocate General has produced a copy of the Government Order issued in G.O.(Ms).No.1621 Home [Prison-IV] Department, dated 28.09.2018, stating that the detenu https://hcservices.ecourts.gov.in/hcservices/

herein has already been released prematurely.

2. Recording the above, the Habeas Corpus Petition stands closed.

Sd/- Assistant Registrar (Crl-Side) // True Copy // Sub Assistant Registrar(CS-IV) To 1.The Principal Secretary to Government, Home [Prison] Department, Tamil Nadu Government Chief Secretariat, Chennai 600 009.

2.The Additional Director General of Police [Prison], /Inspector General of Prison, C.M.D.A Towers, No.1 Gandhi-Irwin Road, Egmore, Chennai 600 008.

3.The Superintendent of Prison, Central Prison, Madurai 625 016 4.The Additional Public Prosecutor, Madurai Bench of Madras High Court, Madurai.

NB BU/SKN/SAR-IV:19.11.2018 : 2P/5C ORDER MADE IN H.C.P.[MD].No.1681 of 2016 25.10.2018 https://hcservices.ecourts.gov.in/hcservices/