Sumathi v. The Principal Secretary To Government

BEFORE THE MADURAI BENCH OF MADRAS HIGH COURT DATED :29.10.2024

CORAM:

THE HONOURABLE MR.JUSTICE C.V.KARTHIKEYAN and THE HON'BLE MS.JUSTICE R.POORNIMA H.C.P.(MD) No.720 of 2024 Sumathi ... Petitioner Vs.

1. The Principal Secretary to Government, Home, Prohibition and Excise (XIV)Department, Secretariat, Chennai - 600009.

2. The Commissioner of Police, City Police Office, Trichy.

3.The Superintendent of Prison Central Prison, Trichy.

4.The Inspector of Police, Woraiyur Police Station, Trichy.

... Respondents PRAYER : Petition 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 of the second respondent in C.No.47/Detention/C.P.O/TC/2024, dated 29.05.2024 and quash the same and direct the respondents to produce the body or person of the 1/4

detenu, by name, Velmurugan alias Murugan, son of Chandrasekaran, aged about 51 years now confined at at Central Prison, Trichy, before this Court and set him at liberty forthwith.

For Petitioner : Mr.R.Karunanidhii For Respondents : Mr.S.Ravi Additional Public Prosecutor

O R D E R

The present Habeas Corpus Petition has been filed to call for the entire records connected with the detention order of the second respondent in C.No.47/Detention/C.P.O/TC/2024, dated 29.05.2024 and quash the same and direct the respondents to produce the body or person of the detenu, by name, Velmurugan alias Murugan, son of Chandrasekaran, aged about 51 years now confined at at Central Prison, Trichy, before this Court and set him at liberty forthwith.

2. The learned Additional Public Prosecutor appearing for the respondents, by producing a copy of G.O.Rt.No.4659, Home, Prohibition and Excise (XII) Department, dated 12.07.2024, would state that the impugned detention order has been revoked by the Government. 2/4

3. In view of the same, nothing survives for further adjudication. This Habeas Corpus Petition is dismissed.

(C.V.K., J.) (R.P, J.) 29.10.2024 Index : Yes / No Internet : Yes / No NCC : Yes / No LS To

1. The Principal Secretary to Government, Home, Prohibition and Excise (XIV)Department, Secretariat, Chennai - 600009.

2. The Commissioner of Police, City Police Office, Trichy.

3.The Superintendent of Prison Central Prison, Trichy.

4.The Inspector of Police, Woraiyur Police Station, Trichy.

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

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C.V.KARTHIKEYAN, J.

and R.POORNIMA, J.

LS ORDER MADE IN H.C.P.(MD) No.720 of 2024 29.10.2024 4/4