K.Valamalai v. The Additionl Chief Secretary To Government

BEFORE THE MADURAI BENCH OF MADRAS HIGH COURT DATED : 27.01.2021

CORAM:

THE HONOURABLE MR.JUSTICE K.KALYANASUNDARAM and THE HONOURABLE MR.JUSTICE G.ILANGOVAN K.Valamalai ... Petitioner -vs1.The Additional Chief Secretary to Government, Home, Prohibition and Excise Department, Secretariat, Chennai - 9.

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

3.The Superintendent, Central Prison, Palayamkottai.

4.The Inspector of Police, Kayathar Police Station, Thoothukudi District.

... Respondents PRAYER: Petition filed under Article 226 of the Constitution of India, to issue a writ of habeas corpus calling for the records relating to the detention order passed by the second respondent in his proceedings in H.S(M)Confdl.No.99/.2020 dated 29.10.2020 and to quash the same and direct the respondents to produce the body or person of the detenue namely, Surya, aged 20 years, before this Court and set him at liberty, now detained at Central Prison, Palayamkottai.

For Petitioner :

Mr.K.Mahendran For Respondents :

Mr.K.Dinesh Babu 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) 1/3

Confdl.No.99/2020, dated 29.10.2020, branding the detenu viz., his son Surya, aged about 20 years, as a Goonda, detained him at the Central Prison, Palayamkottai and to set him at liberty.

2. When the matter is taken up for hearing, the learned counsel for the petitioner as well as the learned Additional Public Prosecutor for the respondents, by producing a copy of G.O.Rt.No.228, Home, Prohibition & Excise (XII) Department, dated 11.01.2021, would state that the impugned detention order has been revoked.

3. Recording the above submissions, the habeas corpus petition is closed.

Sd/- Assistant Registrar // True Copy // / /2021 Sub Assistant Registrar(CS) skn Note :

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To 1.The Additional Chief Secretary to Government, Home, Prohibition and Excise Department, Secretariat, Chennai - 9.

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

3.The Superintendent, Central Prison, Palayamkottai.

4.The Inspector of Police, Kayathar Police Station, Thoothukudi District.

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

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