JUDGMENT

(Prayer: Petition filed under Article 226 of the Constitution of India to issue a writ of Habeas Corpus to call for the records relating to the detention order dated 25.06.2021 passed by the second respondent in Rc.No.C2/15577/2021 and quash the same and direct the respondents herein to produce the petitioner's son Sankar @ Sharpsankar @ Vettusankar, S/o.Arumugam, aged 20 years, who is presently undergoing detention in the Central Prison, Puzhal, before this Court and set him at liberty forthwith.)

P.N. Prakash, J.

1. The petitioner is the mother of the detenu Sankar @ Sharpsankar @ Vettusankar, S/o.Arumugam, aged 20 years. The detenu has been detained by the second respondent by his order in Rc.No.C2/15577/2021 dated 25.06.2021, holding him to be a "Goonda", as contemplated under Section 2(f) of Tamil Nadu Act 14 of 1982. The said order is under challenge in this Habeas Corpus Petition.

2. We have heard the learned counsel appearing for the petitioner and the learned Additional Public Prosecutor appearing for the respondents. We have also perused the records produced by the Detaining Authority.

3. Though the learned counsel for the petitioner has raised several other grounds t