A.Micheal Jayachitra v. The Additional Chief Secretary To Government

BEFORE THE MADURAI BENCH OF MADRAS HIGH COURT DATED : 24.01.2022

CORAM:

THE HONOURABLE MR.JUSTICE S.VAIDYANATHAN and THE HONOURABLE DR.JUSTICE G.JAYACHANDRAN A.Micheal Jayachitra ... 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-cum-District Magistrate, Office of the Collectorate, Tuticorin, Tuticorin District.

3.The Superintendent of Police, Office of the Superintendent of Police, Tuticorin, Tuticorin District.

4.The Superintendent of Prison, Central Prison, Palayamkottai.

5.The Inspector of Police, Thalamuthunagar Police Station, Tuticorin District.

... Respondents PRAYER : Petition is filed under Article 226 of the Constitution of India praying for the issue of a Writ of Habeas Corpus, directing the respondents to produce the person or body of detenu namely T.Antony Sathishkumar, S/o.Thangapazham, aged about 41 years before this Court, who is now detained in the Central Prison, Palayamkottai in pursuant to the detention order passed by the second respondent in H.S.(M) Confdl.No.80/2021, dated 30.06.2021 and to call for the records and quash the same and release the detenu at liberty forthwith.

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For Petitioner :

Mr.S.Ramsundar Vijayaraj For Respondents :

Mr.A.Thiruvadikumar Additional Public Prosecutor

O R D E R

S.VAIDYANATHAN , J.

and DR.

G.JAYACHANDRAN, J.

When the matter was taken up for hearing, the learned Additional Public Prosecutor appearing for the respondents, by producing a copy of G.O.Rt.No.3682, Home, Prohibition & Excise (XII) Department, dated 16.08.2021, would state that the impugned detention order has been revoked.

2. Recording the above submission, this Habeas Corpus Petition is closed.

Sd/- Assistant Registrar (CS-I) // True Copy // / /2022 Sub Assistant Registrar(CS) Am Note :In view of the present lock down owing to COVID-19 pandemic, a web copy of the order may be utilized for official purposes, but, ensuring that the copy of the order that is presented is the correct copy, shall be the responsibility of the advocate / litigant concerned.

To:

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

2.The District Collector-cum-District Magistrate, Office of the Collectorate, Tuticorin, Tuticorin District.

3.The Superintendent of Police, Office of the Superintendent of Police, Tuticorin, Tuticorin District.

4.The Superintendent of Prison, Central Prison, Palayamkottai.

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

6.The Inspector of Police, Thalamuthunagar Police Station, Tuticorin District.

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

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