Veeramuthu v. The Additional Chief Secretary To Government
BEFORE THE MADURAI BENCH OF MADRAS HIGH COURT DATED: 16.02.2023
CORAM
THE HON'BLE DR JUSTICE G.JAYACHANDRAN AND THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE K.K. RAMAKRISHNAN H.C.P.(MD)No.1551 of 2022 Veeramuthu .. Petitioner / Detenu Vs.
1.The Additional Chief Secretary to Government, Home, Prohibition and Excise Department, Secretariat, Chennai-9.
2.The District Collector and District Magistrate, Office of the Collector and District Magistrate, Thoothukudi District, Thoothukudi.
3.The Superintendent of Prison, Palayamkottai Central Prison, Tirunelveli District.
.. Respondents Petition filed under Article 226 of the Constitution of India to issue a writ of Habeas Corpus, calling for the records connected with the detention order of the respondent No.2 in H.S(M) Confdl.No.152/2022 dated 26.07.2022 and quash the same and direct the respondents to produce the body or person of the detenu by name Veeramuthu, son of Perumal, aged
about 19 years, now confining as "Sexual Offender" at Palayamkottai Central Prison before this Court and set him at liberty forthwith. For Petitioner :Mr.R.Alagumani For Respondents :Mr.A.Thiruvadikumar Additional Public Prosecutor
ORDER
DR G.JAYACHANDRAN,J.
and K.K. RAMAKRISHNAN,J.
When the matter was taken up for hearing, the learned counsel for the petitioner as well as the learned Additional Public Prosecutor appearing for the respondents, by producing a proceeding in G.O.Rt.No.6064, Home, Prohibition and Excise (XII) Department, dated 17.09.2022, submitted that the detention order has already been revoked. 2.Recording the said submission, this Habeas Corpus Petition is closed.
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To 1.The Additional Chief Secretary to Government, Home, Prohibition and Excise Department, Secretariat, Chennai-9.
2.The District Collector and District Magistrate, Office of the Collector and District Magistrate, Thoothukudi District, Thoothukudi.
3.The Superintendent of Prison, Palayamkottai Central Prison, Tirunelveli District.
4.The Additional Public Prosecutor, Madurai Bench of Madras High Court, Madurai.
DR G.JAYACHANDRAN,J.
and K.K. RAMAKRISHNAN,J.
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