Sarankumar v. The Additional Chief Secretary To The Government

BEFORE THE MADURAI BENCH OF MADRAS HIGH COURT DATED : 03.06.2025

CORAM:

THE HONOURABLE MR.JUSTICE A.D.JAGADISH CHANDIRA and THE HONOURABLE MS.JUSTICE R.POORNIMA HABEAS CORPUS PETITION(MD)No.923 of 2024 Sarankumar ... Petitioner vs.

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 Magistrate and District Collector, Office of the District Magistrate and District Collector, Dindigul District.

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

... 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 respondent No.2 in Detention Order No.33/2024 dated 26.04.2024 and quash the same and direct the respondents to produce the body or person of the detenue by name Page No.1 of 4

Sarankumar, son of Kumaresan, aged about 22 years, now detained as 'Sexual Offender' at Madurai Central Prison before this Court and set him at liberty forthwith.

For Petitioner : Dr.R.Alagumani For Respondents: Mr.A.Thiruvadi Kumar Additional Public Prosecutor

O R D E R

[Order of the Court was made by A.D.JAGADISH CHANDIRA, J.] When the matter is taken up for hearing, the learned counsel appearing for the petitioner submitted that the impugned detention order came to be passed on 26.04.2024 and the period of one year got expired on 25.04.2025 and therefore, the prayer sought for in this Habeas Corpus Petition has become infructuous.

2.

Recording the above submission of the learned counsel for the petitioner, this Habeas Corpus Petition is dismissed as infructuous. [A.D.J.C., J.] [R.P., J.] 03.06.2025 Page No.2 of 4

Index : Yes / No bala 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 Magistrate and District Collector, Office of the District Magistrate and District Collector, Dindigul District.

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

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

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A.D.JAGADISH CHANDIRA, J.

AND R.POORNIMA, J.

bala ORDER MADE IN DATED : 03.06.2025 Page No.4 of 4