Habeas corpus petition challenging a Goonda detention order. The Additional Public Prosecutor informed the court that the detention order had been revoked by the Advisory Board via G.O.Rt.No.3134 dated 22.05.2024. Recording this, the Division Bench closed the habeas corpus petition.
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H.C.P.(MD) No.531 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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Jeya
... Petitioner
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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 H.S.(M)Confdl.No.35/2024 dated 05.04.2024 and quash the same and direct the respondents to produce the body or person of the detenu by name Muthukumar, son of Sargunam Nadar, aged about 51 years, now detained as "Goonda" at Palayamkottai 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 H.S(M)Confdl.No.35/2024, dated 05.04.2024,
by the second respondent, has been revoked by the Advisory Board vide G.O.Rt.No.3134, Home, Prohibition and Excise (XII) Department, dated 22.05.2024.
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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
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A.D.JAGADISH CHANDIRA, J. AND K.RAJASEKAR, J.
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1 issue framed by the court
Whether the habeas corpus petition survives after the preventive detention order was revoked by the Advisory Board?
1 provisions across 1 enactments
Jeya
The Additional Chief Secretary to Government, Home, Prohibition and Excise Department, Chennai
The District Collector and District Magistrate, Thoothukudi District
The Superintendent of Prison, Palayamkottai Central Prison
A.D.Jagadish Chandira
K.Rajasekar
As recorded by the court registry
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