JUDGMENT :

B. Pugalendhi, J.

(Prayer: Petition filed under Article 226 of the Constitution of India, to issue a writ of habeas corpus, calling for the entire records connected with the detention order of the respondent No.2 in P.D.No.02 of 2021 dated 02.02.2021 and quash the same and direct the respondents to produce the body or person of the detenu by name Thangadurai son of Ramasamy aged about 37 years, now detained as Goonda in Trichy Central Prison before this Court and set him liberty forthwith.)

1. The Habeas Corpus Petition has been filed by the brother of the detenu Thangadurai, S/O, Ramasamy, aged about 37 years, who has been branded as “Goonda” by the second respondent in Detention Order P.D.No.02 of 2021, dated 02.02.2021, as contemplated under Section 2(f) of the Tamil Nadu Act 14 of 1982.

2. A perusal of the grounds of detention dated 02.02.2021, passed by the second respondent herein would disclose that the detenu Thangadurai came to the adverse notice in the following cases.