Tamilselvi v. State Of Tamilnadu
BEFORE THE MADURAI BENCH OF MADRAS HIGH COURT DATED : 09.09.2025
CORAM:
THE HONOURABLE MR.JUSTICE C.V.KARTHIKEYAN and THE HONOURABLE MR.JUSTICE R.VIJAYAKUMAR Tamilselvi ... Petitioner -vs1. State of Tamil Nadu, The Principal Secretary to Government, Home, Prohibition and Excise Department, Secretariat, Chennai- 600 009.
2. The District Collector and District Magistrate, Madurai District, Madurai.
3. The Superintendent of Prison, Central Prison, Madurai, Madurai District.
... Respondents PRAYER: Petition filed under Article 226 of the Constitution of India praying to issue a Writ of Habeas Corpus, calling for the entire records connected with the detention order passed in BCDFGISSSV. No.24/2024 dated 12.08.2024 on the file of the 2nd respondent herein and quash the same and direct the respondents to produce the detenu or body of the detenu namely the petitioners husband i.e., Karuppaiah, aged about 30
years, S/o. Pattar, now detained at the Central Prison, Madurai before this Court and set him at liberty forthwith.
For Petitioner :
Mr.K.Sudalaiyandi For Respondents :
Mr.A.Thiruvadikumar, Addl. Public Prosecutor
O R D E R
(Order of the Court was made by C.V.Karthikeyan, J.) When the matter is came up for hearing, the learned Additional Public Prosecutor appearing for the respondents would submit that the period of detention has expired and hence, the Habeas Corpus Petition has become infructuous.
2. In view of the above, the Habeas Corpus Petition is dismissed as infructuous.
[C.V.K., J.] [R.V., J.] vsm 09.09.2025 NCC : Yes/No Index: Yes/No Internet: Yes/No
To
1. The Principal Secretary to Government, State of Tamil Nadu, Home, Prohibition and Excise Department, Secretariat, Chennai- 600 009.
2. The District Collector and District Magistrate, Madurai District, Madurai.
3. The Superintendent of Prison, Central Prison, Madurai, Madurai District.
4.The Additional Public Prosecutor, Madurai Bench of Madras High Court, Madurai.
C.V.KARTHIKEYAN , J.
and R.VIJAYAKUMAR , J.
vsm 09.09.2025