Laxmi v. The Additional Chief Secretary To Government

H.C.P.(MD) No.1070 of 2020 BEFORE THE MADURAI BENCH OF MADRAS HIGH COURT DATED : 08.01.2021

CORAM:

THE HONOURABLE MR.JUSTICE K.KALYANASUNDARAM and THE HONOURABLE MR.JUSTICE G.ILANGOVAN H.C.P.(MD) No.1070 of 2020 Laxmi ... Petitioner -vs1.The Additional Chief Secretary to the Government, Home, Prohibition and Excise Department, Secretariat, Chennai - 600 009.

2.The District Collector and District Magistrate, Thoothukudi District, Thoothukudi.

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

... Respondents 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 H.S(M) Confdl No.92/2020 dated 24.10.2020 in detaining the detenue under Section 2(f) of the Tamil Nadu Act 14 of 1982 as a Goonda and quash the same and direct the respondents to produce the Detenue namely, Thangaselvan S/o Mani, Male, aged about 26 years, who is detained in Central Prison, Palayamkottai, before this Court and set him at liberty. For Petitioner :

Mr.K.M.Karunakaran For Respondents :

Mr.R.Anandharaj Additional Public Prosecutor

O R D E R

[Order of the Court was made by K.KALYANASUNDARAM, J.] The petitioner has filed the habeas corpus petition seeking to quash the proceedings of the second respondent in H.S(M) Confdl No.92/2020 dated 24.10.2020, branding the detenu viz., her son, Thangaselvan, son of Mani, aged about 26 years, as a "Goonda" as contemplated under Section 2(f) of Tamil Nadu Act, 14 of 1982, detained him at the Central Prison, Palayamkottai and to set him at liberty.

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2. Today, when the matter is taken up for hearing, the learned counsel for the petitioner would submit that the impugned detention order has been revoked.

3. Recording the abovesaid submission, the habeas corpus petition is closed.

Sd/- Assistant Registrar (CS-II) // True Copy // / /2021 Sub Assistant Registrar(CS) skn Note :In view of the present lock down owing to COVID-19 pandemic, a web copy of the order may be utilized for official purposes, but, ensuring that the copy of the order that is presented is the correct copy,shall be the responsibility of the advocate/litigant concerned. To 1.The Additional Chief Secretary to the Government, Home, Prohibition and Excise Department, Secretariat, Chennai - 600 009.

2.The District Collector and District Magistrate, Thoothukudi District, Thoothukudi.

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

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

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