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C.Baskar v. The State of Tamilnadu

Madras HC29 Jun 2026HCP(MD)/806/2026

Case brief

AI extract

What is this about?

Withdrawn habeas corpus petition; challenge to detention order H.S.(M) Confdl No.55/2025 dated 30-06-2025 of the District Collector and District Magistrate, Thoothukudi District; detenu Satheesh Mathavan @ Satheesh held at Central Prison, Palayamkottai; dismissed as withdrawn on counsel's endorsement; Madurai Bench of Madras High Court; bench A.D.Jagadish Chandira and R.Poornima; decision date 29-06-2026; no statute or precedent cited, no holding recorded.

What did the court decide?

Permission to withdraw the Habeas Corpus Petition recorded (counsel's endorsement noted); petition dismissed as withdrawn. No relief on the detention order was granted or considered. ¶¶31

C.Baskar Vs The State of Tamilnadu — Madras HC (2026) — LawSathi Research

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HCP(MD) NO. 806 of 2026

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BEFORE THE MADURAI BENCH OF MADRAS HIGH COURT DATED: 29-06-2026

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CORAM

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THE HONOURABLE MR JUSTICE A.D.JAGADISH CHANDIRA

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AND

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THE HONOURABLE MS.JUSTICE R.POORNIMA

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HCP(MD) No. 806 of 2026

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C.Baskar Petitioner

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1.The State of Tamilnadu

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Represented by the Additional Chief Secretary to Government

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Home, Prohibition and Excise Department,

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Secretariat, Chennai - 9.

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2.The District Collector and District Magistrate Thoothukudi District.

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3.The Superintendent of Prison Central Prison, Palayamkottai, Tirunelveli.

Respondents

For Petitioner:

Mr.N.Pragalathan

For Respondent(s):

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Mr.G.Karuppasamy Pandiyan Counsel for State of TN (Crl.Side)

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Prayer:

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H2-GO.To call for the entire records connected with the detention order passed in H.S.

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(M) Confdl No.55/2025 dated 30-06-2025 on the file of the 2^nd respondent herein and

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quash the same and direct the respondents to produce the detenu or body of the detenu namely the petitioner's son i.e. Satheesh Mathavan @ Satheesh, aged about 26 years, S/o.Baskar, now detained at the Central Prison, Palayamkottai, before this Court and set

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him at liberty forthwith.

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https://www.mhc.tn.gov.in/judis

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ORDER

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(Order of the Court was made by the Hon'ble A.d.jagadish Chandira J.)

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The learned counsel for the petitioner seeks permission of this Court to withdraw

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the Habeas Corpus Petition and he has also made an endorsement to that effect.