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 pertaining to the order of detention dated 31.08.2022 passed by the 2nd respondent in C.M.P.No.102/Drug Offender/Salem City/2022 and quash the same and produce the detenu Sathish Kumar, S/o.Selvam, aged about 31 years, before this Hon''ble Court and set him at liberty and the detenu now confined in Central Prison, Salem.)

M. Sundar, J.

1. Captioned ''Habeas Corpus Petition'' [''HCP'' for the sake of brevity] has been filed by mother of the detenu assailing a ''preventive detention order dated 31.08.2022 bearing reference C.M.P.No.102/Drug Offender/Salem City/2022'' [hereinafter ''impugned detention order'' for the sake of convenience and brevity]. To be noted, fourth 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 offenders, Sandoffenders