IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT MADRAS DATED 21.03.2017 CORAM THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE S.NAGAMUTHU and THE HONOURABLE DR.JUSTICE ANITA SUMANTH H.C.P No.2128 of 2016 Kanaga Kannu .. Petitioner Vs
1. Government of Tamil Nadu, Rep.by its Secretary to Govt, Home, Prohibition and Excise(XVI) Department, Fort St.George, Chennai – 600 009.
2. The District Magistrate/Collector, Office of the District Collector and District Magistrate, Tiruvannamalai District, Tiruvannamalai.
3. Government of Tamil Nadu, Rep.by its Secretary to Govt, Co-operation, Food and Consumer Protection Department, St. George Fort, Namakkal Kavignar Maligai, Chennai – 600 009. ..
Respondents Habeas Corpus Petition filed under Article 226 of the Constitution of India to issue a writ of Habeas Corpus of any other writ of direction calling for the records leading to the detention of the petitioner's husband Sathish S/o Mr.Natarajan, Male aged about 28 years is presently lodged in Central Prison, Vellore and has been detained under Act 14/82 as a “Goonda” vide detention order 18.09.2016 on the file of the 2nd respondent herein, made in D. No.40/2016-C2 quash the same and consequently direct the respondents herein to produce the body and person of the said detenu before this Hon'ble Court and thereafter set him at liberty from the Central Prison, Vellore.
For Petitioner : Mr.K.T.S. Sivakumar For respondents : Mr.V.M.R. Rajendran Addl. Public Prosecutor ORDER (Order of the Court was made by S. NAGAMUTHU,J.,) The petitioner, who is the wife of the detenu Sathish S/o Mr.Natarajan, aged 28 years, has come forward with this petition challenging the detention order passed by the second respondent dated 18.09.2016 against her son branding him as a "Goonda" under the Tamil Nadu Prevention of Dangerous Activities of Bootleggers, Drug Offenders, Forest Offenders, Goondas, Immoral Traffic Offenders, Sand Offenders, Slum Grabbers and Video Pirates Act, 1982 [Tamil Nadu Act 14 of 1982].
2. The learned Additional Public Prosecutor would submit that the order of detention passed by the second respondent as against the son of the petitioner dated 18.09.2016 has been revoked by the Government in G.O.(Rt).No.393 Cooperation, Food and Consumer Protection (E1) Department dated 24.10.2016 and he has also produced a copy of the said order.
3. Recording the submission of the learned Additional Public Prosecutor, this petition is closed as the same has become infructuous.
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1. The Secretary of State, Government of Tamil Nadu, Home, Prohibition and Excise(XVI) Department, Fort St.George, Chennai – 600 009.
2. The District Magistrate/Collector, Office of the District Collector and District Magistrate, Tiruvannamalai District, Tiruvannamalai.
3. The Secretary of State, Government of Tamil Nadu, Co-operation, Food and Consumer Protection Department, St. George Fort, Namakkal Kavignar Maligai, Chennai – 600 009.
3.The Public Prosecutor, High Court, Chennai.
S.NAGAMUTHU,J.,
And
ANITA SUMANTH,J.,
sr/jer Order in H.C.P.No.2128 of 2016 21-03-2017