Pappa v. The Secretary To Government

H.C.P.(MD) No.1300 of 2019 BEFORE THE MADURAI BENCH OF MADRAS HIGH COURT DATED : 03.12.2020

CORAM:

THE HONOURABLE MR.JUSTICE K.KALYANASUNDARAM and THE HONOURABLE MRS.JUSTICE T.KRISHNAVALLI H.C.P.(MD) No.1300 of 2019 Pappa

...Petitioner

-vs1.State of Tamil Nadu rep.by the Secretary to Government Home, Prohibition and Excise Department Fort St.George Chennai-600 009 2.The District Collector and District Magistrate Kanniyakumari District Nagercoil 3.The Superintendent of Prison Central Prison Palayamkottai Tirunelveli

...Respondents

PRAYER : Petition is filed under Article 226 of the Constitution of India praying for the issue of a Writ of Habeas Corpus calling for the entire records connected with the detention order passed in P.D.No.46/2019, dated 26.11.2019, on the file of the second respondent herein and quash the same and direct the respondents to produce the detenu or body of the detenu namely the petitioner's son i.e., Santhosh Kumar, aged about 26 years, son of Suresh Kumar, now detained at Central Prison, Palayamkottai, before this Court and set him at liberty forthwith.

For Petitioner :

Mr.N.Pragalathan For Respondents :

Mr.K.Dinesh Babu Additional Public Prosecutor

O R D E R

(Order of the Court was made by K.KALYANASUNDARAM, J.) When the matter is taken up for hearing, the learned counsel appearing for the petitioner submitted that the impugned detention order came to be passed on 26.11.2019 and the period of one year got expired on 25.11.2020 and therefore, the prayer sought for in this habeas corpus petition has become infructuous. https://hcservices.ecourts.gov.in/hcservices/ 1/2

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2. Recording the above submission of the learned counsel for the petitioner, the habeas corpus petition is dismissed as infructuous.

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krk To:

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

2.The District Collector and District Magistrate, Kanniyakumari District, Nagercoil.

3.The Superintendent of Prison, Central Prison, Palayamkottai, Tirunelveli.

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

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