Subash v. The Principal Secretary To Government

BEFORE THE MADURAI BENCH OF MADRAS HIGH COURT DATED : 31.07.2024

CORAM:

THE HONOURABLE MR.JUSTICE A.D.JAGADISH CHANDIRA and THE HONOURABLE MR.JUSTICE K.RAJASEKAR Subash (Now confining at Palayamkottai Central Prison) ... Petitioner -vs1.The Principal Secretary to Government, State of Tamil Nadu, Home, Prohibition and Excise (xiv)Department, Fort St. George, Chennai-600 009.

2.The District Collector and District Magistrate, Office of the District Collector and District Magistrate, Tenkasi District, Tenkasi.

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

... Respondents

PRAYER: Petition filed under Article 226 of the Constitution of India to issue a writ of Habeas Corpus to call for the entire records, connected with the detention order of the second respondent in M.H.S.Confdl.No.34/2024, dated 28.05.2024 and quash the same and direct the respondents to produce the body or person of the detenu by name Subash, son of Esakkidurai, aged about 26 years, now detained as "Goonda" at Palayamkottai Central Prison before this Court and set him at liberty forthwith. For Petitioner :

Mr.R.Alagumani For Respondents :

Mr.A.Thiruvadi Kumar Additional Public Prosecutor

O R D E R

[Order of the Court was made by A.D.JAGADISH CHANDIRA, J.] It is submitted by the learned Additional Public Prosecutor that the detention order, passed in M.H.S.Confdl.No.34/2024, dated 28.05.2024, by the second respondent, has been revoked by the Advisory Board vide G.O.Rt.No.4633, Home, Prohibition and Excise (XIV) Department, dated 12.07.2024.

2. Recording the same, the habeas corpus petition is closed. [A.D.J.C., J.] [K.R.S., J.] 31.07.2024 NCC : Yes / No Index : Yes / No Internet : Yes / No am To:

1.The Principal Secretary to Government, State of Tamil Nadu, Home, Prohibition and Excise (xiv)Department, Fort St. George, Chennai-600 009.

2.The District Collector and District Magistrate, Office of the District Collector and District Magistrate, Tenkasi District, Tenkasi.

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

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

A.D.JAGADISH CHANDIRA, J.

AND K.RAJASEKAR, J.

am 31.07.2024