This was an instant Habeas Corpus petition challenging a detention order. The court, on the record of a state government order revoking the detention, dismissed the petition as infructuous without detailed reasoning.
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HCP.No.865 of 2024
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT MADRAS
DATED : 25.07.2024
CORAM :
THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE M.S. RAMESH AND THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE SUNDER MOHAN
H.C.P.No.865 of 2024
Vendamani
... Petitioner
Vs.
... Respondents
PRAYER: Petition filed under Article 226 of the Constitution of India to issue a Writ of Habeas Corpus, calling for the records in connection with the order of detention passed by the second respondent dated 05.04.2024 in
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B3/D.O.No.30/2024 against the petitioner's son Akash, Male, aged about 22 years, S/o.Anandhan, who is confined at Central Prison, Salem and set aside the same and direct the respondents to produce the detenu before this Court and set him at liberty.
For Petitioner : Mr.D.Balaji For Respondents : Mr.A.Gokulakrishnan, Additional Public Prosecutor
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.3132, Home, Prohibition and Excise (IX) Department, dated 22.05.2024, submitted that the detention order has already been revoked.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] 25.07.2024
Index: Yes/No
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1 issue framed by the court
Whether the Habeas Corpus petition challenging a detention order deserves the benefit of being heard after the detention has been revoked.
1 provisions across 1 enactments
Vendamani
Secretary to Government, Home, Prohibition and Excise Department
District Collector and District Magistrate of Ranipet District
Superintendent of Police, Ranipet District
Superintendent of Prison, Central Prison, Salem
Inspector of Police, Arcot Town Police Station, Ranipet District
M.S. RAMESH
SUNDER MOHAN
As recorded by the court registry
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