Madras High CourtHCP(MD)/837/2019dismissed as infructuous

Selvaganapathi Alias Ganapathi v. The Additional Chief Secretary To The Government

2019-12-03Honourable Mr Justice T.Raja,Honourable Mr Justice B.Pugalendhi2 pages

H.C.P.(MD)No.837 of 2019 BEFORE THE MADURAI BENCH OF MADRAS HIGH COURT DATED: 03.12.2019

CORAM:

THE HONOURABLE MR.JUSTICE T.RAJA AND THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE B.PUGALENDHI H.C.P.(MD)No.837 of 2019 Selvaganapathi alias Ganapathi : Petitioner/Detenue Vs.

1.State of Tamil Nadu, Rep by the Additional Chief Secretary to Government, Home, Prohibition and Excise Department, Fort St.George,Chennai-600 009.

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

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

: Respondents PRAYER: Petition is filed under Article 226 of the Constitution of India praying for the issue of a Writ of Habeas Corpus, calling for the entire records connected with the detention order passed in M.H.S.Confdl No.60/2019 dated 06.08.2019 on the file of the 2nd respondent herein and quash the same and direct the respondents to produce the detenu or body of the detenu namely Selvaganapathi alias Ganapathi, aged about 20 years, S/o.Shunmugaiah alias Katta Shunmugaiah, now detained at Central Prison, Palayamkottai, before this Court and set him at liberty forthwith.

For Petitioner : Mr.N.Pragalathan For Respondents : Mr.K.Dinesh Babu Additional Public Prosecutor

ORDER

(Order of the Court was made by T.RAJA., J) When the matter was taken up for hearing, the learned Additional Public Prosecutor, by producing a proceeding dated 30.09.2019 in G.O.Rt.No.3779, Home, Prohibition and Excise(XIV) Department, submitted that the detention order has already been revoked. Recording his submission, this Habeas Corpus Petition is dismissed as infructuous.

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H.C.P.(MD)No.837 of 2019 Ns 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, Tirunelveli District,Tirunelveli.

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

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

Order made in H.C.P.(MD)No.837 of 2019 Dated: 03.12.2019 SMA/20/12/19/2P/5C https://hcservices.ecourts.gov.in/hcservices/ 2/2