Madras High CourtHCP(MD)/606/2026closed

Banumathi v. The State Of Tamilnadu

2026-06-01Honourable Mr Justice N. Anand Venkatesh,Honourable Mr Justice K.K. Ramakrishnan4 pages

BEFORE THE MADURAI BENCH OF MADRAS HIGH COURT DATED : 01.06.2026

CORAM

THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE N. ANAND VENKATESH AND THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE K.K.RAMAKRISHNAN H.C.P.(MD)No.606 of 2026 Banumathi .. Petitioner / wife of the detenu Vs.

1.The State of Tamilnadu, Rep By, The Additional Chief Secretary to Government, Home, Prohibition and Excise Department, Secretariat, Chennai - 9.

2.The District Collector cum District Magistrate, Tiruvarur, Tiruvarur District.

3.The Superintendent of Prison, Central Prison, Thiruchirappalli, Thiruchirappali District.

4.The Inspector of Police, PEW-Thiruthuraipoondi Police Station, Tiruvarur District.

.....Respondents Prayer :Petition filed under Article 226 of the Constitution of India to call for the entire records relating to the detention order passed by the second

respondent in Detention Order C.O.C.No.2 of 2026 dated 11.03.2026 and to quash the same and direct the respondents to produce the body or person of the detenu, viz., Rajendran, aged about 58 years, s/o Rajendran, before this Court and set him at liberty, now detained at Central Prison, Trichirappalli. For Petitioner : Mr.AK.Azagar Sami For Respondents : Mr.G.Karuppasamy Pandian, Counsel for State of Tamil Nadu, (Criminal Side)

ORDER

(Order of the Court was made by N. ANAND VENKATESH,J.) When the matter was taken up for hearing, the learned counsel for the petitioner as well as the learned counsel for State of Tamil Nadu (Criminal Side), by producing the proceeding in G.O.Rt.No.2542, Home, Prohibition and Excise (XV) Department, dated 22.04.2026 submitted that the detention order has already been revoked. Recording the said submission, this Habeas Corpus Petition is closed.

(N.A.V.,J..) (K.K.R.K.,J.,) 01.06.2026 Index : Yes / No Internet : Yes / No TSG

To 1.The Additional Chief Secretary to Government, Home, Prohibition and Excise Department, Secretariat, Chennai - 9.

2.The District Collector cum District Magistrate, Tiruvarur, Tiruvarur District.

3.The Superintendent of Prison, Central Prison, Thiruchirappalli, Thiruchirappali District.

4.The Inspector of Police, PEW-Thiruthuraipoondi Police Station, Tiruvarur District.

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

N. ANAND VENKATESH,J.

AND K.K.RAMAKRISHNAN,J.

TSG H.C.P.(MD)No.606 of 2026 01.06.2026