Habeas corpus petition challenging a preventive detention order under the Tamil Nadu Act 14 of 1982. Counsel produced a government order showing the detention order had been revoked. The court recorded this submission and dismissed the petition as infructuous.
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HCP.No.295 of 2024
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT MADRAS
DATED : 11.06.2024
CORAM :
THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE M.S. RAMESH
AND
THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE SUNDER MOHAN
H.C.P.No.295 of 2024
M.Sumathi
... Petitioner
Vs.
... Respondents
PRAYER: Petition filed under Article 226 of the Constitution of India to
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issue a writ of Habeas Corpus, calling for the records relating to the detention order dated 09.01.2024 passed by the second respondent in Cr.M.P.No.02/2024, GOONDA/Ariyalur District/2024 and quash the same and direct the respondents herein to produce the petitioner's son namely Prabu, S/o.Madhaiyan @ Madhavan, aged about 25 years, Pathmavathi Nagar, Thandeswaranallur, Chidambaram Taluk, Cuddalore District, who is presently under going detention in the Central Prison, Tiruchirappalli, under Section 2(f) of the Tamil Nadu Prevention of Dangerous Activities of Bootleggers, Drug Offenders, Forest Offenders, Goondas, Immoral Traffic Offenders, Sand Offenders, Slum Grabbers and Video Pirates Act, 1982 (Tamil Nadu Act 14 of 1982) before this Court and set him at liberty forthwith.
For Petitioner : Mr.P.Anandakumar
For Respondents : Mr.E.Raj Thilak, Additional Public Prosecutor assisted by Mr.C. Aravind
ORDER
M.S.RAMESH, J. AND SUNDER MOHAN, J.
When the matter was taken up for hearing, the learned counsel for the petitioner, as well as the learned Additional Public Prosecutor appearing for
the respondents, by producing a copy of the Government Order in G.O.Rt.No.902, Home, Prohibition and Excise (XV) Department, dated
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15.02.2024, submitted that the detention order has already been revoked.
2. Recording the said submission, this Habeas Corpus Petition stands
dismissed as infructuous.
[M.S.R., J] [S.M., J]
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2 provisions across 2 enactments
M.Sumathi
The State of Tamil Nadu, Rep. by Secretary to Government, Prohibition and Excise Department
The District Collector and District Magistrate, Ariyalur District
The Superintendent of Prison, Tiruchirappalli Central Prison
The Superintendent of Police, Ariyalur
The Inspector of Police, Jayamkondam Police Station
M.S. Ramesh
Sunder Mohan
As recorded by the court registry
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