Mohanapriya v. The Additional Chief Secretary To Government

BEFORE THE MADURAI BENCH OF MADRAS HIGH COURT DATED : 03.06.2025

CORAM:

THE HONOURABLE MR.JUSTICE A.D.JAGADISH CHANDIRA and THE HONOURABLE MS.JUSTICE R.POORNIMA HABEAS CORPUS PETITION(MD)No.781 of 2024 Mohanapriya ... Petitioner vs.

1. The State of Tamil Nadu, Represented by Additional Chief Secretary to Government, Home, Prohibition and Excise Department, Fort St.George, Chennai-600 009.

2. The District Magistrate and District Collector, Collectorate, Dindigul.

3. The Superintendent of Prison, Central Prison, Madurai.

4. The Inspector of Police, All Women Police Station, Dindigul Rural, Dindigul District.

... Respondents Page No.1 of 4

PRAYER: Petition filed under Article 226 of the Constitution of India, to issue a Writ of Habeas Corpus, calling for the records pertaining to the impugned detention order passed by the 2nd respondent made in his proceedings in Detention Order No.35 / 2024 dated 26.04.2024 in detaining the petitioner's husband under Section 2(ggg) of the Tamilnadu Act 14 of 1982 as Sexual Offender and quash the same and direct the respondents to produce the detenu namely Suryaprakash, S/o. Kumaresan, aged about 20 years now detained in Central Prison, Madurai before this Court and set him at liberty.

For Petitioner : Mr.M.Suresh 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.] When the matter is taken up for hearing, the learned counsel appearing for the petitioner submitted that the impugned detention order came to be passed on 26.04.2024 and the period of one year got expired on 25.04.2025 and therefore, the prayer sought for in this Habeas Corpus Petition has become infructuous. Page No.2 of 4

2.

Recording the above submission of the learned counsel for the petitioner, this Habeas Corpus Petition is dismissed as infructuous.

[A.D.J.C., J.] [R.P., J.] 03.06.2025 Index : Yes / No bala To:

1. The Additional Chief Secretary to Government, State of Tamil Nadu, Home, Prohibition and Excise Department, Fort St.George, Chennai-600 009.

2. The District Magistrate and District Collector, Collectorate, Dindigul.

3. The Superintendent of Prison, Central Prison, Madurai.

4. The Inspector of Police, All Women Police Station, Dindigul Rural, Dindigul District.

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A.D.JAGADISH CHANDIRA, J.

AND R.POORNIMA, J.

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

ORDER MADE IN DATED : 03.06.2025 Page No.4 of 4