Jeeva v. The Additional Chief Secretary To Government

H.C.P.(MD) No.1726 of 2021 BEFORE THE MADURAI BENCH OF MADRAS HIGH COURT DATED : 06.04.2022

CORAM:

THE HONOURABLE MR.JUSTICE R.SUBRAMANIAN and THE HONOURABLE MR.JUSTICE N.SATHISH KUMAR H.C.P.(MD) No.1726 of 2021 Jeeva ... Petitioner/Mother of the detenu Vs.

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

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

3.The Inspector of Police, Lalpettai Police Station, Karur District.

4.The Superintendent of Prison, Central Prison, Trichy.

...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 pertaining to the Order of Detention passed by the second respondent in his proceedings Cr.M.P.No.13/2021 dated 23.09.2021 and quash the same as illegal and produce the detenu namely, Vinoth @ Vinothkumar, S/o.Annavi, aged about 25 years, now confined at Central Prison, Tiruchirappali, before this Court and set him at liberty.

For Petitioner : Mr.T.Lenin Kumar, For Respondents : Mr.A.Thiruvadi Kumar Additional Public Prosecutor.

O R D E R

R.SUBRAMANIAN, J.

AND N.SATHISH KUMAR, J.

The petitioner is the mother of the detenu, namely, Vinoth @ Vinothkumar, S/o.Annavi, aged about 25 years. The detenu has been detained by the second respondent by his proceedings in Cr.M.P.No.13/2021 dated 23.09.2021, 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.5754, Home, Prohibition & Excise (XV) Department, dated 26.11.2021, would state that the impugned detention order has been revoked and hence, the prayer sought for in this Habeas Corpus Petition has become infructuous.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 (AS) // True Copy // / /2022 Sub Assistant Registrar(CS) rm To 1.The Additional Chief Secretary to the Government, Home, Prohibition and Excise Department, Secretariat, Fort St. George, Chennai - 600 009.

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

3.The Inspector of Police, Lalpettai Police Station, Karur District.

4.The Superintendent of Prison, Central Prison, Trichy.

5. The Joint Secretary to Government, Public (Law &Order) Fort St.Goerge, Chennai 600 009 6.The Additional Public Prosecutor, Madurai Bench of Madras High Court, Madurai.

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