Jothi v. The Additional Chief Secretary To Government

BEFORE THE MADURAI BENCH OF MADRAS HIGH COURT DATED : 20.06.2023

CORAM:

THE HONOURABLE MR.JUSTICE R.SURESH KUMAR AND THE HONOURABLE MR.JUSTICE K.K.RAMAKRISHNAN H.C.P.(MD)No.1796 of 2022 Jothi ... Petitioner Vs.

1.The Additional Chief Secretary to Government, Home, Prohibition and Excise (XVI) Department, Fort St. George, 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 District.

...Respondents

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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 second respondent in Detention Order No.93/2022 dated 14.09.2022 and quash the same and direct the respondents to produce the body or person of the detenu by name, Jothi, wife of Kasi, aged about 44 years, now detained as 'Drug Offender' at Special Prison for Women, Madurai, before this Court and set her at liberty forthwith. For Petitioner : Mr.R.Alagumani For Respondents : Mr.A.Thiruvadi Kumar Additional Public Prosecutor

ORDER

(Order of the Court was made by R.SURESH KUMAR, J.) The learned Additional Public Prosecutor appearing for the respondents has submitted that the detention order, which is impugned herein, has already been revoked by the competent authority. Therefore, the prayer sought for in the Habeas Corpus Petition has become infructuous. 2/5

2. The said position is not controverted by the learned counsel for the petitioner.

3. In view of the above, recording the said statement made by the learned Additional Public Prosecutor for the respondents, this Habeas Corpus Petition is dismissed as infructuous.

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To 1.The Additional Chief Secretary to Government, Home, Prohibition and Excise (XVI) Department, Fort St. George, 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 District.

4.The Additional Public Prosecutor, Madurai Bench of Madras High Court, Madurai.

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R.SURESH KUMAR, J.

AND K.K.RAMAKRISHNAN, J.

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