Palraj, S/O.Alagu Thevar, v. The Principal Secretary To

BEFORE THE MADURAI BENCH OF MADRAS HIGH COURT DATED: 25.10.2018

CORAM:

THE HONOURABLE MR.JUSTICE M.M.SUNDRESH AND THE HONOURABLE MR.JUSTICE N.SATHISH KUMAR H.C.P.[MD].No.1329 of 2013 Palraj : Petitioner Vs.

1.The State of Tamil Nadu, Rep by The Principal Secretary to Government, Home [Prison] Department, Tamil Nadu Government Chief Secretariat,St.George Fort, Chennai 600 009.

2.The Additional Director General of Police, /Inspector General of Prisons, C.M.D.A Towers-II, No.1 Gandhi-Irwin Road, Egmore, Chennai 600 008.

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

: Respondents PRAYER: Petition is filed under Article 226 of the Constitution of India to issue a Writ of Habeas Corpus, directing the respondents to produce the body and person of the detenu, by name, Palraj, S/o.Alagu Thevar, aged about 58 years, now confined at Madurai Central Prison as life convict before this Court and set him at liberty forthwith, by extending the benefit to the petitioner under G.O.(Ms).No.1155/Home [Prison IV] Department/2008, dated 11.09.2008. For Petitioner : Mr.R.Anand For Respondents : Mr.K.Chellapandian Additional Advocate General Assisted by Mr.K.Dinesh Babu Additional Public Prosecutor

O R D E R

*********** [Order of the Court was made by M.M.SUNDRESH, J.] Today, when the Habeas Corpus Petition is taken up for hearing, the learned Additional Advocate General has produced a copy of the Government Order issued in G.O.(Ms).No.1953 Home [Prison-IV] Department, dated 15.10.2018, stating that the detenu herein has https://hcservices.ecourts.gov.in/hcservices/ already been released prematurely.

2. Recording the above, the Habeas Corpus Petition stands closed.

Sd/ Assistant Registrar(CS-I) /True copy/ Sub Assistant Registrar(CS-II) To 1.The Principal Secretary to Government, Home [Prison] Department, Tamil Nadu Government Chief Secretariat,Fort St.George, Chennai 600 009.

2.The Additional Director General of Police, /Inspector General of Prisons, C.M.D.A Towers-II, No.1 Gandhi-Irwin Road, Egmore, Chennai 600 008.

3.The Superintendent of Prison, Madurai Central Prison, Madurai 625 016 4.The Additional Public Prosecutor, Madurai Bench of Madras High Court, Madurai.

ORDER MADE IN H.C.P.[MD].No.1329 of 2013 25.10.2018 nb KK/RP/SAR-2/04.12.2018/2P-5C https://hcservices.ecourts.gov.in/hcservices/