JUDGMENT

(Prayer: Petition filed under Article 226 of the Constitution of India praying for issuance of a writ of habeas corpus to call for the entire records relating to the petitioner''s son detention under Tamil Nadu Act 14 of 1982 vide detention order dated 21.08.2022 on the file of the second respondent herein made in proceedings Memo Cr.M.P.No.08/2022 [Drug Offender], quash the same as illegal and consequently direct the respondents herein to produce the petitioner''s son namely Ajith, s/o.Pakkiyanathan, aged 25 years before this Court and set the petitioner''s son at liberty from detention, now the petitioner''s son detained at Central Prison, Coimbatore.)

M. Sundar, J.

Captioned ''Habeas Corpus Petition'' (''HCP'' for the sake of brevity) has been filed by father of detenu assailing a ''preventive detention order dated 21.08.2022 bearing reference Cr.M.P.No.08/2022 [Drug Offender]'' (hereinafter ''impugned detention order'' for the sake of convenience). To be noted, fifth respondent is the sponsoring authority and second respondent is the detaining authority as the impugned detention order has been made by second respondent.

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