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2023 Supreme(Mad) 680

M. SUNDAR, M. NIRMAL KUMAR
R. Manjula – Appellant
Versus
State of Tamil Nadu, Rep. by its Secretary to Government, Home, Prohibition and Excise Department, Chennai – Respondent


Advocates appeared:
For the Petitioner:B. Vasudevan, Advocate. For the Respondents:R. Muniyapparaj, Additional Public Prosecutor assisted by M. Sylvester John, Advocate.

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 leading to the detention of petitioner''s husband the detenu Thiru.Raja, aged 44, son of Kittappan, presently detained in Central Prison, Salem under Act 14/1982 branded as ''Goonda'' vide the detention order dated 29.08.2022 in C.M.P.No.21/Goonda/C2/2022, on the file of the second respondent herein directing to produce the person or body of the detenu Thiru.Raja, aged 44, son of Kittappan, before this Court and thereafter set him at liberty.)

M. Sundar, J.

1. Captioned ''Habeas Corpus Petition'' [''HCP'' for the sake of brevity] has been filed by wife of detenu assailing a ''preventive detention order dated 29.08.2022 bearing reference C.M.P.No.21/GOONDA/C2/2022'' [hereinafter ''impugned detention order'' for the sake of convenience and brevity]. To be noted, fifth respondent is the sponsoring authority and second respondent is the detaining authority as impugned detention order has been made by second respondent.

2. Impugned detention order has been made under ''The Tamil Nadu Prevention of Dangerous Activities of Bootleggers,

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