Sankar v. The Additional Chief Secretary To Government

BEFORE THE MADURAI BENCH OF MADRAS HIGH COURT DATED : 19.06.2023

CORAM:

THE HONOURABLE MR.JUSTICE R.SURESH KUMAR AND THE HONOURABLE MR.JUSTICE K.K.RAMAKRISHNAN H.C.P.(MD)No.1281 of 2022 Sankar ... Petitioner / Father of the Detenu Vs.

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

2.The District Collector and District Magistrate, Office of the District Collector and District Magistrate, Kanniyakumari District at Nagercoil.

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, calling for the entire records connected with the detention order of the 2nd respondent in P.D.No.39/2022, dated 15.06.2022 and quash the same and direct the respondents to produce the 1/4

body or person of the detenu, namely, Muthuramalingam S/o.Sankar, aged about 23 years, now detained as "GOONDA" at Palayamkottai Central Prison before this Court and set him at liberty. For Petitioner : Mr.P.Rajkumar For Respondents : Mr.A.Thiruvadi Kumar Additional Public Prosecutor

ORDER

(Order of the Court was made by R.SURESH KUMAR, J.) Today, when the matter is taken up for hearing, the learned Additional Public Prosecutor for the respondents has submitted that the date of detention is 15.06.2022. Therefore, one year detention period is over. Hence, this Habeas Corpus Petition has become infructuous. 2.The said position is not controverted by the learned counsel for the petitioner.

3.In view of the same, this Habeas Corpus Petition is dismissed as infructuous.

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

2.The District Collector and District Magistrate, Office of the District Collector and District Magistrate, Kanniyakumari District at Nagercoil.

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

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R.SURESH KUMAR, J.

AND K.K.RAMAKRISHNAN, J.

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