Rakku v. The Principal Secretary To Government

BEFORE THE MADURAI BENCH OF MADRAS HIGH COURT DATED : 07.12.2023 CORAM :

THE HONOURABLE MR.JUSTICE M.SUNDAR and THE HONOURABLE MR.JUSTICE R.SAKTHIVEL Rakku ... Petitioner vs.

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

2. The Commissioner of Police, Office of the Commissioner of Police, Madurai City, Madurai.

3. The Superintendent of Prison, Madurai Central Prison, Madurai District.

... Respondents Petition filed under Article 226 of the Constitution of India praying for issuance of a Writ of Habeas Corpus, calling for the entire records, connected with the detention order of the respondent No.2 in No. 84/BCDFGISSSV/2023 dated 09.10.2023 and quash the same and direct the respondents to produce the body or person of the detenu by name Sathishkumar, son of Thangapandi, aged about 28 years, now detained as ''Goonda'' at Madurai Central Prison before this Court and set him at liberty forthwith.

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For Petitioner : Mr.R.Alagumani For Respondents : Mr.A.Thiruvadi Kumar Additional Public Prosecutor

O R D E R

[Order of the Court was made by M.SUNDAR, J.] When the captioned 'Habeas Corpus Petition' [hereinafter 'HCP' for brevity] was taken up, Mr.R.Alagumani, learned counsel on record for HCP petitioner submitted that the impugned preventive detention order has since been revoked and sought leave of this Court to withdraw the captioned HCP. Learned counsel on record for HCP petitioner has made an endorsement in the case file and a scanned reproduction of the same is as follows:

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2.

In the light of the narrative thus far, captioned HCP is disposed of as closed / withdrawn. There shall be no order as to costs. (M.S., J.) (R.S.V., J.) 07.12.2023 Index : Yes / No : Yes / No bala To

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

2. The Commissioner of Police, Office of the Commissioner of Police, Madurai City, Madurai.

3. The Superintendent of Prison, Madurai Central Prison, Madurai District.

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

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M.SUNDAR, J.

and R.SAKTHIVEL, J.

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