Kalaiselvan v. The Additional Chief Secretary To Government

H.C.P.(MD) No.1156 of 2020 BEFORE THE MADURAI BENCH OF MADRAS HIGH COURT DATED : 03.02.2021

CORAM:

THE HONOURABLE MR.JUSTICE K.KALYANASUNDARAM and THE HONOURABLE MR.JUSTICE G.ILANGOVAN H.C.P.(MD) No.1156 of 2020 Kalaiselvan ... Petitioner/Detenu -vs1.State of of Tamil Nadu, Rep. by the Additional Chief Secretary to Government, Home, Prohibition & Excise Department, Secretariat, Chennai-600 009.

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

3.The Superintendent of Prison, Central Prison, Tiruchirapalli, Tiruchirappalli District.

... 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 passed in Cr.M.P.No.21 of 2020 dated 25.11.2020 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, Kalaiselvan, aged about 19 years, S/o.Sivashanmugam, now detained at the Central Prison, Tiruchirappalli, Tiruchirappalli District before this Court and set him at liberty forthwith.

For Petitioner :

Mr.P.Krishnaveni For Respondents :

Mr.K.Dinesh Babu Additional Public Prosecutor

O R D E R

[Order of the Court was made by K.KALYANASUNDARAM, J.] When the matter was taken up for hearing, the learned Additional Public Prosecutor for the respondents, by producing a copy of G.O.Rt.No.370, Home, Prohibition & Excise (XV) Department, dated 18.01.2021, would state that the impugned detention order has been revoked.

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

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

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To:

1.The Additional Chief Secretary to Government, Home, Prohibition & Excise Department, Secretariat, Chennai-600 009.

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

3.The Superintendent of Prison, Central Prison, Tiruchirapalli, Tiruchirappalli District.

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

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