Augustin Kevin v. The Principal Secretary To Government
BEFORE THE MADURAI BENCH OF MADRAS HIGH COURT DATED : 03.06.2024
CORAM:
THE HONOURABLE MR.JUSTICE A.D.JAGADISH CHANDIRA and THE HONOURABLE MR.JUSTICE K.RAJASEKAR Augustin Kevin (Now confining at Trichy Central Prison) ... Petitioner -vs1.The Principal Secretary to Government, State of Tamil Nadu, Home, Prohibition and Excise Department, Fort St. George, Chennai-600 009.
2.The Commissioner of Police, Office of the Commissioner, Trichy.
3.The Superintendent of Prison, Tiruchirappalli Central Prison, Tiruchirappalli.
... Respondents
PRAYER: Petition filed under Article 226 of the Constitution of India to issue a writ of Habeas Corpus to call for the entire records connected with the detention order of the Respondent No.2 in C.No. 103/Detention/C.P.O/T.C/2023, dated 16.11.2023 and quash the same and direct the respondents to produce the body or person of the detenu by name Augustin Kevin, son of Naveenraj, aged about 21 years now detained as "Goonda" at Trichy Central Prison before this Court and set him at liberty forthwith.
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 A.D.JAGADISH CHANDIRA, J.] It is submitted by the learned Additional Public Prosecutor that the detention order, passed in C.No.103/Detention/C.P.O/T.C/2023, dated 16.11.2023, by the second respondent, has been revoked by the Advisory Board vide G.O.Rt.No.7127, dated 21.12.2023.
2. Recording the same, the habeas corpus petition is closed. [A.D.J.C., J.] [K.R.S., J.] 03.06.2024 NCC : Yes / No Index : Yes / No Internet : Yes / No am To:
1.The Principal Secretary to Government, Home, Prohibition and Excise Department, Fort St. George, Chennai-600 009.
2.The Commissioner of Police, Trichy.
3.The Superintendent of Prison, Tiruchirappalli Central Prison, Tiruchirappalli.
4.The Additional Public Prosecutor, Madurai Bench of Madras High Court, Madurai.
A.D.JAGADISH CHANDIRA, J.
AND K.RAJASEKAR, J.
am 03.06.2024