Sayeera Banu v. The State Of Tamil Nadu

BEFORE THE MADURAI BENCH OF MADRAS HIGH COURT DATED : 03.02.2026

CORAM:

THE HONOURABLE MR JUSTICE G.K. ILANTHIRAIYAN AND THE HONOURABLE MS.JUSTICE R. POORNIMA Sayeera banu ... Petitioner -vs1. The Additional Chief Secretary to Government, Home, Prohibition and Excise Department, Secretariat, Chennai - 600 009.

2.The District Collector and District Magistrate, Pudukottai District Pudukottai

3. The Superintendent of Prison Central Prison Tiruchirapalli ... Respondents PRAYER: Petition filed under Article 226 of the Constitution of India praying to issue a Writ of Habeas Corpus, calling for the

records pertaining to the impugned detention order passed by the second respondent made in his proceedings in PDO No.17 of 2025 dated 20.06.2025 in detaining the detenue under Section 2(ggg) of the Tamil Nadu Act 14 of 1982 as a Sexual Offender and quash the same and direct the respondents to produce the body or person of the detenu namely Mohamed Faizal, son of Hijji Mohammed aged about 25 years , who is detained at Central Prison, Tiruchirapalli before this Court and set him at liberty.

For Petitioner :

Mr.V.Selvakumar For Respondents : Mr.T.Senthil Kumar Additional Public Prosecutor

O R D E R

(Order of the Court was made by G.K. ILANTHIRAIYAN,J.) The petitioner is the mother detenu viz., Mohamed Faizal, son of Hijji Mohammed aged about 25 years . The detenu has been detained by the second respondent by his order in detention order in PDO No.17 of 2025 dated 20.06.2025 holding

him to be a "sexual offeder", as contemplated under Section 2(ggg) of Tamil Nadu Act 14 of 1982. The said order is under challenge in this habeas corpus petition.

2. We have heard the learned counsel appearing for the petitioner and the learned Additional Public Prosecutor appearing for the respondents. We have also perused the records produced by the Detaining Authority.

3. The learned counsel appearing for the petitioner raised only one ground that the detenu was served with illegible copy of confession statement recorded from the victim.

4. A perusal of the record reveals that the confession statement is legible and readable

5. In view of the same, this Court finds no infirmity or illegality in the order passed by the second respondent, hence the petition stands dismissed.

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1. The Additional Chief Secretary to Government, Home, Prohibition and Excise Department, Secretariat, Chennai - 600 009.

2.The District Collector and District Magistrate, Pudukottai District Pudukottai

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

G.K. ILANTHIRAIYAN,J.

AND R. POORNIMA,J.

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