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Muthu @ Muthukumar v. The State of Tamil Nadu

Madras HC9 Sept 2025HCP(MD)/1405/2024

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What is this about?

Habeas corpus; H.C.P.(MD)No.1405 of 2024; Madurai Bench of Madras High Court; Article 226; writ of habeas corpus; detention order C.O.C.No. 26/2024 dated 06.09.2024; District Collector and District Magistrate, Nagapattinam; detenu Muthu @ Muthukumar; “Sexual Offender”; Trichy Central Prison; period of detention expired; petition infructuous; dismissed; Additional Public Prosecutor A.Thiruvadikumar; decided 09.09.2025.

What did the court decide?

In view of the Additional Public Prosecutor's submission that the period of detention had expired, the Habeas Corpus Petition is dismissed as infructuous (continuing into paragraph 24: “infructuous.”). ¶23

Muthu @ Muthukumar Vs The State of Tamil Nadu — Writ and Judicial Review | Madras HC (2025)

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H.C.P.(MD)No.1405 of 2024

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BEFORE THE MADURAI BENCH OF MADRAS HIGH COURT

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DATED : 09.09.2025

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CORAM:

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THE HONOURABLE MR.JUSTICE C.V.KARTHIKEYAN and THE HONOURABLE MR.JUSTICE R.VIJAYAKUMAR

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H.C.P.(MD)No.1405 of 2024

Muthu @ Muthukumar

... Petitioner

-vs-

The Principal Secretary to Government, State of Tamil Nadu,

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Home, Prohibition and Excise Department, Fort St.George, Chennai - 9.

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The District Collector and District Magistrate, O/o.The District Collector and District Magistrate, Nagapattinam District, Nagapattinam.

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The Superintendent of Prison, Trichy Central Prison, Trichy. ... Respondents

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PRAYER: Petition filed under Article 226 of the Constitution of India praying to issue a Writ of Habeas Corpus, calling for the entire records connected with the detention order of the respondent No.2 in C.O.C.No. 26/2024, dated 06.09.2024 and quash the same and direct the respondents to produce the body or person of the detenu by name Muthu

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H.C.P.(MD)No.1405 of 2024

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@ Muthukumar, S/o.Kalyanasundaram, aged about 28 years, now detained as “Sexual Offender” at Trichy Central Prison before this Court and set him at liberty forthwith.

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For Petitioner : Dr.R.Alagumani For Respondents : Mr.A.Thiruvadikumar, Addl. Public Prosecutor

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O R D E R

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(Order of the Court was made by C.V.Karthikeyan, J. )

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When the matter is came up for hearing, the learned Additional Public Prosecutor appearing for the respondents would submit that the period of detention has expired and hence, the Habeas Corpus Petition has become infructuous.

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2. In view of the above, the Habeas Corpus Petition is dismissed as

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infructuous.

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[C.V.K., J.] [R.V., J.] vsm 09.09.2025 Index: Yes/No Internet: Yes/No

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