IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT MADRAS DATED 13.03.2017 CORAM THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE S.NAGAMUTHU and THE HONOURABLE DR.JUSTICE ANITA SUMANTH H.C.P No.1857 of 2016 Pachaimmal .. Petitioner Vs
1. The Secretary to the Government, Home Prohibition and Excise Dept., Secretariat, Chennai 600 009.
2. The Commissioner of Police, Greater Chennai Police.
.. 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 to call for the records in connection with the order of Detention passed by the second respondent dated 13.08.2016 in Memo No. 900/BCDFGISSSV/2016 against the petitioner son Ganesh @ Ganesan male aged 26 years S/o. Ravichandran, who is confined at Central Prison, Puzhal II, Chennai and set aside the same and direct the respondents to produce the detenu before the Hon'ble Court and set him at Liberty.
For Petitioner : Mr.S.Senthivel 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 mother of the detenu, aged 45years, has come forward with this petition challenging the detention order passed by the second respondent dated 13.08.2016 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that the order of detention passed by the second respondent as against the son of the petitioner dated 13.08.2016 has been revoked by the Government in G.O. [Rt] No.4865 Home, Prohibition & Excise [X] Department dated 06.10.2016 and he has also produced a copy of the said order.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 to the Government, Home Prohibition and Excise Dept., Secretariat, Chennai 600 009.
2. The Commissioner of Police, Greater Chennai Police.
3. The Public Prosecutor, High Court, Madras.
(S.N.J.,) (A.S.M.J.,) 13-03-2017
S.NAGAMUTHU,J.
And
ANITA SUMANTH,J.,
sr Order in H.C.P.No.1857 of 2016 13-03-2017 http://www.judis.nic.in