Madras High CourtHCP(MD)/967/2020dismissed as infructuous

Kalimuthu v. The Additional Chief Secretary To Government

2021-02-09Honourable Mr Justice K. Kalyanasundaram,Honourable Mr Justice G.Ilangovan2 pages

H.C.P.(MD) No.967 of 2020 BEFORE THE MADURAI BENCH OF MADRAS HIGH COURT DATED : 09.02.2021

CORAM:

THE HONOURABLE MR.JUSTICE K.KALYANASUNDARAM and THE HONOURABLE MR.JUSTICE G.ILANGOVAN H.C.P.(MD) No.967 of 2020 Kalimuthu ... Petitioner -vs1.State of Tamil Nadu, Rep. by the Additional Chief Secretary to Government, (Home) Department of Prohibition and Excise, Secretariat, Fort St. George, Chennai - 9.

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

3.The Inspector of Police, Avudaiyarkoil Police Station, Pudukkottai District.

4.The Superintendent of Prison, Central Prison, Thiruchirapalli - 620 020.

... Respondents PRAYER: Petition filed under Article 226 of the Constitution of India, to issue a writ of habeas corpus directing the respondents to produce the body of the detenue namely Kalimuthu, son of Lakshmanan aged about 32 years, presently confined in the Central Prison, Trichy before this Court and set him at liberty and to call for records pertaining to the order of detention passed by the second respondent in P.D.O.No.87/2019 dated 30.11.2019 and set aside the same.

For Petitioner :

Mr.D.Geetha For Respondents :

Mr.K.Dinesh Babu Additional Public Prosecutor

O R D E R

[Order of the Court was made by K.KALYANASUNDARAM, J.] It is represented by the learned counsel for the petitioner that in this case, the impugned detention order came to be passed on 30.11.2019 and the period of one year got expired on 01.12.2020 and therefore, the prayer sought for in this habeas corpus petition has become infructuous.

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H.C.P.(MD) No.967 of 2020 2.Recording the same, this habeas corpus petition is dismissed as infructuous.

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To 1.The Additional Chief Secretary to Government, (Home) Department of Prohibition and Excise, Secretariat, Fort St. George, Chennai - 9.

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

3.The Inspector of Police, Avudaiyarkoil Police Station, Pudukkottai District.

4.The Superintendent of Prison, Central Prison, Thiruchirapalli - 620 020.

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

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