Mohamed Yasmin v. The Additional Cheif Secretary To Government

BEFORE THE MADURAI BENCH OF MADRAS HIGH COURT DATED : 01.02.2022

CORAM:

THE HONOURABLE MR.JUSTICE S.VAIDYANATHAN and THE HONOURABLE DR.JUSTICE G.JAYACHANDRAN Mohamed Yasmin ... Petitioner/Wife of the Detenue -vs1.The Additional Chief Secretary to Government Home, Prohibition and Excise Department Secretariat, Chennai-600 009 2.The District Collector and District Magistrate O/o.the District Collector and District Magistrate Tenkasi 3.The Superintendent of Prison Central Prison, Palayamkottai 4.The Inspector of Police Tenkasi Police Station Tenkasi ... Respondents PRAYER : Petition is filed under Article 226 of the Constitution of India praying for the issue of a Writ of Habeas Corpus, to call for the entire records connected with the detention order passed in M.H.S.Confdl.No.42/2021, dated 15.07.2021, 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 Bathusha, aged about 41 years, S/o.Beermohamed, now detained at Central Prison, Palayamkottai, before this Court and set him at liberty forthwith. For Petitioner :

Mr.S.M.A.Jinnah For Respondents :

Mr.S.Ravi Additional Public Prosecutor

O R D E R

S.VAIDYANATHAN , J.

and DR.

G.JAYACHANDRAN, J.

Today when the matter was taken up, the learned Additional Public Prosecutor submitted that as per G.O.Rt.No.3956, Home, Prohibition & Excise (XIV) Department, dated 31.08.2021, the detention order has been revoked.

2. In view of the same, nothing survives in this Habeas Corpus Petition and therefore, this Habeas Corpus Petition is dismissed as infructuous.

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To:

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

2.The District Collector and District Magistrate, O/o.the District Collector and District Magistrate, Tenkasi. 3.The Superintendent of Prison, Central Prison, Palayamkottai.

4.The Inspector of Police, Tenkasi Police Station, Tenkasi.

5.The Joint Secretary to Government, Public(Law & Order), Fort St. George, Chennai - 600 009.

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

01.02.2022 MGJ(14.02.2022) 3P 7C