Indhirani v. The Additional Chief Secretary To Government

H.C.P.(MD) No.1761 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.1761 of 2021 Indhirani ... Petitioner/Mother of the detenue Vs.

1.The State of Tamil Nadu, Rep. by the Additional Chief Secretary to the Government, Home, Prohibition and Excise Department, Fort St. George, Chennai - 600 009.

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

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

4.The Inspector of Police, Thirukokarnam Police Station, Pudukkottai.

...Respondents

PRAYER: Petition filed under Article 226 of the Constitution of India, to issue a Writ of Habeas Corpus, to call for the records relating to the Detention Order passed by the second respondent in Detention Order P.D.O.No.50/2021 dated 24.09.2021 and quash the same and direct the respondents to produce the body or person of the detenu Vijay @ Kozhi Vijay, S/o.Sivakumar, aged about 22 years, before this Court and set him at liberty, now detained at Central Prison, Trichy.

For Petitioner : Mr.D.Rameshkumar, 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, Vijay @ Kozhi Vijay, S/o.Sivakumar, aged about 22 years. The detenu has been detained by the second respondent by his proceedings in P.D.O.No.50/2021 dated 24.09.2021, holding him to be a "Goonda", as https://hcservices.ecourts.gov.in/hcservices/ 1/2

H.C.P.(MD) No.1761 of 2021 contemplated under Section 2(f) of Tamil Nadu Act 14 of 1982. The said order is under challenge in this Habeas Corpus Petition.

2. The learned Additional Public Prosecutor appearing for the respondent, by producing a copy of G.O.Rt.No.5769, Home, Prohibition & Excise (XIV) Department, dated 26.11.2021, would state that the impugned detention order has been revoked and hence, the prayer sought for in this Habeas Corpus Petition has become infructuous.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, State of Tamil Nadu, Home, Prohibition and Excise Department, Fort St. George, Chennai - 600 009.

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

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

4.The Inspector of Police, Thirukokarnam Police Station, Pudukkottai.

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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