Anna Thangam v. The Principal Secretary To Government

BEFORE THE MADURAI BENCH OF MADRAS HIGH COURT DATED: 13.07.2022

CORAM:

THE HONOURABLE MR.JUSTICE P.N.PRAKASH and THE HONOURABLE MRS.JUSTICE R.HEMALATHA H.C.P.(MD)No.1558 of 2021 Anna Thangam .. Petitioner Vs.

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

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

3.The Superintendent of Central Prison, Palayamkottai.

.. 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 Detention Order in

M.H.S.Confdl.No.70/2021 dated 09.07.2021 and quash the same and direct the respondents to produce the detenu namely, Saranraj, son of Amalraj, aged about 27 years, now detained at Central Prison, Palayamkottai before this Court and set him at liberty.

For Petitioner : Mr.D.Venkatesh For Respondents : Mr.S.Ravi, Additional Public Prosecutor

ORDER

[Order of the Court was made by R.HEMALATHA, J.] It is submitted by the learned Additional Public Prosecutor that the detention order, passed in M.H.S.Confdl.No.70/2021 dated 09.07.2021, by the second respondent, has become infructuous.

2. Recording the same, this Habeas Corpus Petition is dismissed as having become infructuous.

(P.N.P.,J.) (R.H.,J.) 13.07.2022 Index: Yes/No Internet : Yes / No RM

To 1.The Principal 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.

3.The Superintendent of Central Prison, Palayamkottai.

P.N.PRAKASH, J.

and R.HEMALATHA , J.

RM H.C.P.(MD)No.1558 of 2021 13.07.2022