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 records in connection with the order of detention passed by the second respondent dated 08.09.2022 in B3/D.O.No. 46/2022 against the petitioner''s father Dinakaran, male aged 45 years, S/o.Rathinakumar who is confined at Central Prison, Vellore and set aside the same and direct the respondents to produce the detenu before the Hon''ble Court and set him at liberty.)

M. Nirmal Kumar, J.

1. Captioned ''Habeas Corpus Petition'' [''HCP'' for the sake of brevity] has been filed by daughter of the detenu assailing a ''preventive detention order dated 08.09.2022 bearing reference B3/D.O.No.46/2022'' [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 the 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, Cyber law offenders, Drug-offenders, Forest-offenders, Goondas, Immoral traffic offend