M.Gayathri v. The Additional Chief Secretary To Government

H.C.P.(MD) No.1575 of 2021 BEFORE THE MADURAI BENCH OF MADRAS HIGH COURT DATED : 21.04.2022

CORAM:

THE HONOURABLE MR.JUSTICE R.SUBRAMANIAN and THE HONOURABLE MR.JUSTICE N.SATHISH KUMAR H.C.P.(MD) No.1575 of 2021 M.Gayathri ... Petitioner/Wife of the detenu Vs.

1.The Additional Chief Secretary to Government, Home, Prohibition and Excise Department, Fort St. George, Chennai - 600 009.

2.The District Collector and District Magistrate, Office of the District Collector and District Magistrate, Ramanathapuram District.

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

...Respondents

PRAYER: Petition filed under Article 226 of the Constitution of India, to issue a Writ of Habeas Corpus, to call for the entire records connected with the Detention Order of the second respondent in S.R.No.92/Goonda/2021 dated 28.09.2021 and quash the same and direct the respondents to produce the body or person of the detenu by name Muthuramalingam S/o.Muthumani, aged about 34 years, now detained as "Goonda" at Madurai Central Prison, before this Court and set him at liberty forthwith.

For Petitioner : Mr.R.Alagumani For Respondents : Mr.S.Ravi Additional Public Prosecutor.

O R D E R

R.SUBRAMANIAN, J.

AND N.SATHISH KUMAR, J.

The petitioner is the wife of the detenu, namely, Muthuramalingam S/o.Muthumani, aged about 34 years. The detenu has been detained by the second respondent by his proceedings in S.R.No.92/Goonda/2021 dated 28.09.2021 holding him to be a "Goonda", as contemplated under Section 2(f) of Tamil Nadu Act 14 of 1982. The said order is under challenge in this Habeas Corpus Petition. https://hcservices.ecourts.gov.in/hcservices/ 1/2

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2. The learned Additional Public Prosecutor appearing for the respondent, by producing a copy of G.O.Rt.No.5720, Home, Prohibition & Excise (IX) Department, dated 26.11.2021, would state that the impugned detention order has been revoked and hence, the prayer sought for in this Habeas Corpus Petition has become infructuous.

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

Sd/- Assistant Registrar () // True Copy // / /2022 Sub Assistant Registrar(CS) rm To 1.The Additional Chief Secretary to Government, Home, Prohibition and Excise Department, Fort St. George, Chennai - 600 009.

2.The District Collector and District Magistrate, Office of the District Collector and District Magistrate, Ramanathapuram District.

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

4.The Joint Secretary to Government, Public (Law and Order), Fort. St.George, Chennai-9 5.The Additional Public Prosecutor, Madurai Bench of Madras High Court, Madurai.

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