IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT MADRAS DATED 09.03.2017 CORAM THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE S.NAGAMUTHU and THE HONOURABLE DR.JUSTICE ANITA SUMANTH H.C.P No.1839 of 2016 Poongothai ..Petitioner Vs
1. The Government of Tamil Nadu, rep.by its' Secretary, Home, Prohibition and Excise(XVI) Departmet, Fort St. George, Chennai - 600009.
2. The Commissioner of Police, Greater Chennai Police, Office of Commissioner of Police, Chennai. ..
Respondents Habeas Corpus Petition filed under Article 226 of the Constitution of India to issue a writ of Habeas Corpus or any other appropriate writ, order or direction in the nature of writ, calling for the records in detention order Memo.No.726/BCDFGISSSV/2016 Dated 19.07.2016 on the file of the 2nd respondent and quash the same and direct the respondents herein to produce the body of the petitioners son Ajith @ Karuppu Ajith, aged about 24 years, S/o.Thiru.Raji, the detenue now confined in Central Prison, Puzhal before this Hon'ble Court and set him at liberty.
For Petitioner : Mr.R.Devakumar, For respondents : Mr.V.M.R. Rajendran Addl. Public Prosecutor JUDGMENT (Judgment of the Court was delivered by S. NAGAMUTHU,J.,) The petitioner, who is the mother of the detenu Ajith @ Karuppu Ajith S/o.Thiru.Raji, aged 24 years, has come forward with this petition challenging the detention order passed by the second respondent dated 19.07.2016 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that the order of detention passed by the second respondent as against the son of the petitioner dated 19.07.2016 has been revoked by the Government in G.O. [Rt] No.4153 Home, Prohibition & Excise [XIII] Department dated 01.09.2016 and he has also produced a copy of the said order.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.
Index : Yes/no Internet : Yes/no dm/cse (S.N.J.,) (A.S.M.J.,) 09-03-2017 To
1. The Government of Tamil Nadu, rep.by its' Secretary, Home, Prohibition and Excise(XVI) Departmet, Fort St. George, Chennai - 600009.
2. The Commissioner of Police, Greater Chennai Police, Office of Commissioner of Police, Chennai.
3. The Public Prosecutor, High Court, Chennai.
S.NAGAMUTHU,J.
And
ANITA SUMANTH,J.,
dm/cse Judgment in H.C.P.No.1839 of 2016 09-03-2017 http://www.judis.nic.in