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Manibharathi vs. the Principal Secretary to Government

Decided on 31 July 2024• Citation: HCP(MD)/579/2024• Madras High Court
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                                                 H.C.P.(MD) No.579 of 2024        
               BEFORE  THE  MADURAI   BENCH  OF  MADRAS  HIGH  COURT              
                                  DATED  : 31.07.2024                             
                                       CORAM:                                     
               THE HONOURABLE     MR.JUSTICE  A.D.JAGADISH  CHANDIRA              
                                         and                                      
                    THE  HONOURABLE    MR.JUSTICE  K.RAJASEKAR                    
                               H.C.P.(MD) No.579 of 2024                          
             Manibharathi                                                         
             (Now confined at Madurai Central Prison) ... Petitioner              
                                         -vs-                                     
             1.The Principal Secretary to Government,                             
              Home, Prohibition and Excise Department,                            
              Fort St. George,                                                    
              Chennai-600 009.                                                    
             2.The District Magistrate and District Collector,                    
              Office of the District Magistrate and District Collector,           
              Dindigul District,                                                  
              Dindigul.                                                           
             3.The Superintendent of Prison,                                      
              Madurai Central Prison,                                             
              Madurai District.                      ... Respondents              
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                                                 H.C.P.(MD) No.579 of 2024        
             PRAYER:  Petition filed under Article 226 of the Constitution of India to
             issue a writ of Habeas Corpus to call for the entire records, connected with
             the detention order of the second respondent in Detention Order No.  
             30/2024, dated 08.04.2024 and quash the same and direct the respondents to
             produce the body or person of the detenu by name Manibharathi, son of
             Sountharam, aged about 21 years, now confining at Madurai Central Prison
             before this Court and set him at liberty forthwith.                  
                     For Petitioner : Mr.R.Alagumani                              
                     For Respondents : Mr.A.Thiruvadi Kumar                       
                                      Additional Public Prosecutor                
                                      O R D E R                                   
               [Order of the Court was made by A.D.JAGADISH CHANDIRA, J.]         
                       It is submitted by the learned Additional Public Prosecutor that
             the detention order, passed in Detention Order No.30/2024, dated     
             08.04.2024 by the second respondent, has been revoked by the Advisory
             Board vide G.O.Rt.No.3273, Home, Prohibition and Excise (XIII)       
             Department, dated 27.05.2024.                                        
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                                                 H.C.P.(MD) No.579 of 2024        
                       2. Recording the same, the habeas corpus petition is closed.
                                           [A.D.J.C., J.] [K.R.S., J.]            
                                                31.07.2024                        
             NCC    : Yes / No                                                    
             Index  : Yes / No                                                    
             Internet : Yes / No                                                  
             am                                                                   
             To:                                                                  
             1.The Principal Secretary to Government,                             
              Home, Prohibition and Excise Department,                            
              Fort St. George,                                                    
              Chennai-600 009.                                                    
             2.The District Magistrate and District Collector,                    
              Office of the District Magistrate and District Collector,           
              Dindigul District,                                                  
              Dindigul.                                                           
             3.The Superintendent of Prison,                                      
              Madurai Central Prison,                                             
              Madurai District.                                                   
             4.The Additional Public Prosecutor,                                  
              Madurai Bench of Madras High Court,                                 
              Madurai.                                                            
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                                                 H.C.P.(MD) No.579 of 2024        
                                             A.D.JAGADISH  CHANDIRA,   J.         
                                                                    AND           
                                                        K.RAJASEKAR,   J.         
                                                                      am          
                                                  H.C.P.(MD) No.579 of 2024       
                                                                31.07.2024        
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