Habeas corpus petition challenging a detention order under Goonda Acts. The Additional Public Prosecutor informed the court that the detention order had been revoked by the Advisory Board. The court closed the petition accordingly.
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H.C.P.(MD) No.400 of 2024
BEFORE THE MADURAI BENCH OF MADRAS HIGH COURT
DATED : 02.08.2024
CORAM:
THE HONOURABLE MR.JUSTICE A.D.JAGADISH CHANDIRA and THE HONOURABLE MR.JUSTICE K.RAJASEKAR
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Rasaiah @ Manikandan
(Now confining at Madurai Central Prison)
... Petitioner
-vs-
Chennai-600 009.
... Respondents
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PRAYER:
PRAYER: Petition filed under Article 226 of the Constitution of India to
issue a writ of Habeas Corpus to call for the entire records, connected with the detention order of the second respondent in Cr.M.P.No1/Goonda/2024, dated 04.03.2024 and quash the same and direct the respondents to produce
the body or person of the detenu by name Rasaiah @ Manikandan, son of Somu, aged about 29 years, now detained as "Goonda" at Madurai Central Prison before this Court and set him at liberty forthwith.
For Petitioner : Mr.R.Alagumani
For Respondents : Mr.A.Thiruvadi Kumar Additional Public Prosecutor
O R D E R
[Order of the Court was made by A.D.JAGADISH CHANDIRA, J.]
It is submitted by the learned Additional Public Prosecutor that
the detention order, passed in Cr.M.P.No.1/Goonda/2024, dated 04.03.2024, by the second respondent, has been revoked by the Advisory Board vide G.O.Rt.No.2084, Home, Prohibition and Excise (IX) Department, dated
08.04.2024.
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2. Recording the same, the habeas corpus petition is closed.
[A.D.J.C., J.] [K.R.S., J.]
02.08.2024
NCC : Yes / No Index : Yes / No Internet : Yes / No
am
To:
Chennai-600 009.
Sivagangai.
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A.D.JAGADISH CHANDIRA, J. AND K.RAJASEKAR, J.
am
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02.08.2024
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1 issue framed by the court
Whether the detention order passed by the second respondent should be quashed and the detenu set at liberty?
Rasaiah @ Manikandan
The Principal Secretary to Government, Home, Prohibition and Excise (xiv) Department
The District Collector and District Magistrate, Sivagangai District
The Superintendent of Prison, Madurai Central Prison
A.D.Jagadish Chandira
K.Rajasekar
As recorded by the court registry
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