Habeas corpus petition challenging a preventive detention order; counsel submitted the one-year detention period had expired, making the petition infructuous. The Court recorded the submission and dismissed the petition as infructuous.
None; petition dismissed as infructuous on expiry of the detention period.
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H.C.P.(MD) No.1266 of 2024
BEFORE THE MADURAI BENCH OF MADRAS HIGH COURT
DATED : 06.08.2025
CORAM:
THE HONOURABLE MR.JUSTICE A.D.JAGADISH CHANDIRA and
THE HONOURABLE MS.JUSTICE R.POORNIMA
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Azhakesan
... Petitioner
-vs-
Secretariat, Chennai-600 009.
PRAYER: Petition filed under Article 226 of the Constitution of India, to issue a writ of habeas corpus to call for the entire records in detention order passed in C.O.C.No.18/2024, dated 30.07.2024 on the file of the second respondent herein and set aside the same as illegal and direct the respondents to produce the
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petitioner, namely, Azhakesan, S/o.Pothiyan, male, aged 38 years, who is detained in Central Prison, Tiruchirappalli, before this Court and set him at liberty.
For Petitioner : Mr.K.A.S.Prabhu
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.]
When the matter is taken up for hearing, the learned counsel appearing for the petitioner submitted that the impugned detention order came to be passed on 30.07.2024 and the period of one year expired on 30.07.2025. Therefore, the prayer sought for in this habeas corpus petition has become infructuous.
[A.D.J.C., J.] [R.P., J.] 06.08.2025 NCC : Yes / No Index : Yes / No Internet : Yes / No cp
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1 issue framed by the court
Whether the habeas corpus petition survives when the one-year period of detention under the impugned detention order has expired.
1 provisions across 1 enactments
Azhakesan
State of Tamil Nadu, Rep. by Additional Chief Secretary to Government, Home, Prohibition and Excise Department
The District Collector and District Magistrate, Tiruvarur District
The Superintendent, Central Prison, Trichy
A.D.JAGADISH CHANDIRA
R.POORNIMA
As recorded by the court registry
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