Selvarani v. The State Of Tamilnadu, Rep. By The Additional Chief Secretary To Government

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.927 of 2025 Selvarani ... Petitioner vs.

1. The State of Tamil Nadu 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, Special Prison for Women, 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 Detention order No.26/2025, dated 24.06.2025 and quash the same and direct the respondents to produce the body or person of the detenu by name Selvarani, wife of Chandran @ Jeyachandran, aged about 53 years, now detained as "Drug Offender"at Special Prison for Women, Madurai before this Court and set him at liberty forthwith. Page No.1 of 4

For Petitioner : Dr.R. Alagumani For Respondents : Mr.A. Thiruvadikumar 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that the detention order, passed in Detention order No.26/2025, dated 24.06.2025, by the second respondent, has been revoked by the Advisory Board vide G.O.Rt.No.5004, dated 12.08.2025.

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.

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

3.The Superintendent of Prison, Special Prison for Women, 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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