Mathankumar v. The State Of Tamil Nadu
BEFORE THE MADURAI BENCH OF MADRAS HIGH COURT DATED : 26.08.2025
CORAM:
THE HONOURABLE MR.JUSTICE A.D.JAGADISH CHANDIRA and THE HONOURABLE MS.JUSTICE R.POORNIMA HABEAS CORPUS PETITION(MD)No.830 of 2025 Mathankumar ... Petitioner vs.
1. State of Tamil Nadu rep. by the Additional Chief Secretary to Government, Home Prohibition and Excise Department, Secretariat, Chennai - 600 009.
2. The District Collector and District Magistrate, Office of the District Collector and District Magistrate, Theni District.
3.The Superintendent of Prison, 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 2nd respondent in Detention order No.23/2025, dated 29.05.2025 and quash the same and direct the respondents to produce the body or person of the detenu by name Mathankumar, Son of Anandhan, aged about 23 years, now detained as "Drug Offender" at Madurai Central Prison before this Court and set him at liberty forthwith.
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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.] It is submitted by the learned Additional Public Prosecutor that the detention order, passed in Detention order No.23/2025, dated 29.05.2025, by the second respondent, has been revoked by the Advisory Board vide G.O.Rt.No.4195, dated 14.07.2025.
2. Recording the same, the habeas corpus petition is closed. [A.D.J.C., J.] [R.P., J.] 26.08.2025 Index : Yes / No : Yes / No trp To:
1.The Additional Chief Secretary to Government, Home Prohibition and Excise Department, Secretariat, Chennai - 600 009.
2. The District Collector and District Magistrate, Office of the District Collector and District Magistrate, Theni District.
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3.The Superintendent of Prison, Central Prison, Madurai.
4. The Additional Public Prosecutor, Madurai Bench of Madars High Court, Madurai.
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A.D.JAGADISH CHANDIRA, J.
AND R.POORNIMA, J.
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