Muthu @ Muthukumar v. The State Of Tamil Nadu

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 Muthu @ Muthukumar ... Petitioner -vs1. The Principal Secretary to Government, State of Tamil Nadu, Home, Prohibition and Excise Department, Fort St.George, Chennai - 9.

2. The District Collector and District Magistrate, O/o.The District Collector and District Magistrate, Nagapattinam District, Nagapattinam.

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

... 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 of the respondent No.2 in C.O.C.No. 26/2024, dated 06.09.2024 and quash the same and direct the respondents to produce the body or person of the detenu by name Muthu

@ Muthukumar, S/o.Kalyanasundaram, aged about 28 years, now detained as "Sexual Offender" at Trichy Central Prison before this Court and set him at liberty forthwith.

For Petitioner :

Dr.R.Alagumani 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 Index: Yes/No Internet: Yes/No

To

1. The Principal Secretary to Government, State of Tamil Nadu, Home, Prohibition and Excise Department, Fort St.George, Chennai - 9.

2. The District Collector and District Magistrate, O/o.The District Collector and District Magistrate, Nagapattinam District, Nagapattinam.

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

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

C.V.KARTHIKEYAN , J.

and R.VIJAYAKUMAR , J.

vsm 09.09.2025