Muthumari v. The Additional Cheif Secretary To Government

H.C.P.(MD) No.1323 of 2021 BEFORE THE MADURAI BENCH OF MADRAS HIGH COURT DATED : 01.02.2022

CORAM:

THE HONOURABLE MR.JUSTICE S.VAIDYANATHAN and THE HONOURABLE DR.JUSTICE G.JAYACHANDRAN H.C.P.(MD) No.1323 of 2021 Muthumari ... Petitioner /Wife of Detenu Vs.

1.The Additional Chief Secretary to Government, Home, Prohibition and Excise (xiv) Department, State of Tamil Nadu, Secretariat, Chennai-600 009.

2.The Commissioner of Police, Tirunelveli City, Tirunelveli.

3.The Superintendent Central Prison, Palayamkottai.

... Respondents PRAYER: Habeas Corpus Petition is filed under Article 226 of the Constitution of India praying to issue a Writ of Habeas Corpus, to call for the records pertaining to the detention order passed by the second respondent in No.38/BCDFGISSSV/2021, dated 26.08.2021 and quash the same and consequently direct the respondents to produce the body or person of Mr.Sankarapandi @ Sankar, S/o.Paramasivam, aged 32 years, confined in Central Prison, Palayamkottai before this Court and set him at liberty.

For Petitioner : Mr.T.A.Ebenezer For Respondents : Mr.A.Thiruvadikumar Additional Public Prosecutor

O R D E R

S.VAIDYANATHAN, J.

And DR.G.JAYACHANDRAN, J.

Today when the matter was taken up, the learned Additional Public Prosecutor submitted that as per G.O.Rt.No.5059, Home, Prohibition and Excise (XIV) Department, dated 28.10.2021, the detention order has been revoked.

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2. In view of the same, nothing survives in this Habeas Corpus Petition and therefore this Habeas Corpus Petition is dismissed as infructuous.

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To 1.The Additional Chief Secretary to Government, Home, Prohibition and Excise (xiv) Department, State of Tamil Nadu, Secretariat, Chennai-600 009.

2.The Commissioner of Police, Tirunelveli City, Tirunelveli.

3.The Superintendent Central Prison, Palayamkottai.

4.The Joint Secretary to Government, Public (Law & Order), Fort St. George, Chennai-9.

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

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