Jingili @ Vijay v. The Principal Secretary To Government

H.C.P.(MD) No.1242 of 2020 BEFORE THE MADURAI BENCH OF MADRAS HIGH COURT DATED : 19.02.2021

CORAM:

THE HONOURABLE MR.JUSTICE K.KALYANASUNDARAM and THE HONOURABLE MR.JUSTICE G.ILANGOVAN H.C.P.(MD) No.1242 of 2020 Jingili @ Vijay ... Petitioner -vs1.The Principal Secretary to Government, State of Tamil Nadu, Home, Prohibition and Excise Department, Fort St. George, Secretariat, Chennai-600 009.

2.The Commissioner of Police, Office of the Commissioner of Police, Madurai City, Madurai.

3.The Superintendent of Prison, Madurai 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 Respondent No.2 in No.77/BCDFGISSSV/2020, dated 14.12.2020 and quash the same and direct the Respondents to produce the body or person of the detenu by name Jingili @ Vijay, son of Sankar, aged about 22 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.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 https://hcservices.ecourts.gov.in/hcservices/ 1/2

H.C.P.(MD) No.1242 of 2020 Additional Public Prosecutor appearing for the respondents, by producing a copy of G.O.Rt.No.582, Home, Prohibition & Excise (IX) Department, dated 04.02.2021, would state that the impugned detention order has been revoked.

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

Sd/- Assistant Registrar (Crl) // True Copy // / /2021 Sub Assistant Registrar(CS) AM Note :In view of the present lock down owing to COVID-19 pandemic, a web copy of the order may be utilized for official purposes, but, ensuring that the copy of the order that is presented is the correct copy, shall be the responsibility of the advocate / litigant concerned.

To:

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

2.The Commissioner of Police, Madurai City, Madurai.

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

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

Order made in H.C.P.(MD) No.1242 of 2020 19.02.2021 KUN(CO) SRS (05/03/2021) 2P : 5C https://hcservices.ecourts.gov.in/hcservices/ 2/2