Madras High CourtHCP(MD)/1582/2024dismissed as infructuous

Supitha v. The State Of Tamil Nadu

2025-01-03Honourable Mr Justice G.R.Swaminathan,Honourable Mrs Justice S.Srimathy4 pages

BEFORE THE MADURAI BENCH OF MADRAS HIGH COURT DATED: 03.01.2025

CORAM

THE HONOURABLE MR.JUSTICE G.R.SWAMINATHAN and THE HONOURABLE MRS.JUSTICE S.SRIMATHY Supitha ... Petitioner / Wife of detenue Vs.

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

2.The District Collector and District Magistrate, Office of the District Collector and District Magistrate, Tirunelveli District, Tirunelveli.

3.The Superintendent of Prison, Palayamkottai Central Prison, Tirunelveli District.

... Respondents Prayer: Writ Petition filed under Article 226 of Constitution of India, to issue a Writ of Habeas Corpus, call for the entire records connected with the detention 1/4

order of the second respondent in M.H.S Confdl No. 196/2024 dated 18.11.2024 and quash the same and direct the respondents to produce the body or person of the detenue by name Jerin, S/oJeyakumar, aged about 26 years, detained as "Goonda" at Palayamkottai Central Prison before this Court and set him at liberty forthwith.

For Petitioner : Dr.R.Alagumani For Respondents : Mr.T.Senthil Kumar Additional Public Prosecutor

ORDER

The petitioner questions the impugned detention order passed against her son.

2.When the matter was taken up for hearing, the learned Additional Public Prosecutor submitted that the detention order was already revoked G.O.Rt.No.8798 Home, Prohibition and Excise (XIV) Department dated 23.12.2024. Nothing survives for further adjudication in this Habeas Corpus Petition. This Habeas Corpus Petition is dismissed as infructuous. [G.R.S., J.] [S.S.Y., J.] 03.01.2025 NCC : Yes / No Internet : Yes / No Index : Yes / No MGA 2/4

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

2.The District Collector and District Magistrate, Office of the District Collector and District Magistrate, Tirunelveli District, Tirunelveli.

3.The Superintendent of Prison, Palayamkottai Central Prison, Tirunelveli District.

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

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G.R.SWAMINATHAN, J and S.SRIMATHY, J.

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