T.Selvi 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)Nos.1290, 1294 & 1297 of 2022 T.Selvi ... Petitioner / Mother of the Detenu in H.C.P.(MD)No.1290 of 2022 R.Santhi ... Petitioner / Mother of the Detenu in H.C.P.(MD)No.1294 of 2022 A.Palavesam ... Petitioner / Father of the Detenu in H.C.P.(MD)No.1297 of 2022 Vs.

1.The State of Tamil Nadu, Rep. by the Additional Chief Secretary to 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, Tirunelveli.

... Respondents in all H.C.Ps.

COMMON PRAYER: Petitions 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 H.S. 1/4

(M)Confdl.Nos.116, 115 and 117 of 2022, dated 15.06.2022 and quash the same and direct the respondents to produce the body or person of the detenus, namely, Karthick, S/o.Thirumalai, aged about 21 years, Mohanasabarinath alias Sabari, S/o.Ramesh, aged about 21 years and Uthaya Moorthy @ Moorthy, S/o.Palavesam, aged about 19 years, now detained at Central Prison, Palayamkottai before this Court and set them at liberty forthwith.

For Petitioners : Mr.N.Pragalathan (in H.C.P.(MD)Nos.1290 & 1297/2022) For Petitioner : Mr.C.Pandarasamy in H.C.P.(MD)No.1294 / 2022) For Respondents : Mr.A.Thiruvadi Kumar Additional Public Prosecutor (in all H.C.Ps.) COMMON 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, these Habeas Corpus Petitions have become infructuous. 2.The said position is not controverted by the learned counsel for the petitioners.

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3.In view of the same, these Habeas Corpus Petitions are dismissed as infructuous.

(R.S.K., J.) & (K.K.R.K, J.) 19.06.2023 NCC : Yes / No Index : Yes / No Internet : Yes / No MYR 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 Collector and District Magistrate, Thoothukudi District, Thoothukudi.

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

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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