Madras High CourtHCP(MD)/1118/2022dismissed as infructuous

M.Jeyasutha v. The Additional Chief Secretary To Government

2022-12-05Honourable Dr Justice G. Jayachandran,Honourable Mr Justice Sunder Mohan4 pages

BEFORE THE MADURAI BENCH OF MADRAS HIGH COURT DATED: 05.12.2022

CORAM

THE HON'BLE DR.JUSTICE G.JAYACHANDRAN AND THE HON'BLE MR.JUSTICE SUNDER MOHAN H.C.P.(MD)No.1118 of 2022 M.Jeyasutha .. Petitioner/wife of the Detenu Vs.

1.State of Tamil Nadu, Rep. by the Additional Chief Secretary to Government, Home, Prohibition and Excise Department, Secretariat, Chennai-600 009.

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

3.The Superintendent of Prison, Central Prison, Palayamkottai, Tirunelveli.

.. Respondents

PRAYER: Petition filed under Article 226 of the Constitution of India to issue a writ of Habeas Corpus, to call for the records connected with the detention order passed in M.H.S.Confdl.No.80/2022 dated 23.05.2022 on the file of the 2nd respondent herein and quash the same and direct the respondents to produce the detenu or body of the detenu namely, the petitioner's husband, ie., Murugan, aged about 36 years, son of Rasaiah, now detained at the Central Prison, Palayamkottai, before this Court and set him at liberty forthwith.

For Petitioner : Mr.N.Pragalathan For Respondents : Mr.S.Ravi Additional Public Prosecutor

ORDER

DR.G.JAYACHANDRAN, J.

and SUNDER MOHAN, J.

It is submitted by the learned Additional Public Prosecutor that the detention order, passed in M.H.S.Confdl.No.80/2022 dated 23.05.2022 by the second respondent, has been revoked by the Advisory Board vide G.O.Rt.No.4076, dated 05.07.2022, hence, nothing survives in this petition.

Accordingly, this Habeas Corpus Petition is dismissed as infructuous. [G.J.,J.] & [S.M.,J.] 05.12.2022 Index: Yes/No Internet:Yes/No PJL To 1.The Additional Chief Secretary to Government, State of Tamil Nadu, Home, Prohibition and Excise Department, Secretariat, Chennai-600 009.

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

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

DR.G.JAYACHANDRAN, J.

and SUNDER MOHAN, J.

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