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 of pertaining to the order of detention dated 06.07.2022 passed by the 2nd respondent bearing Memo No.185/BCDFGISSSV/2022 and quash the same and produce the detenue Stanli, Male, aged about 26 years, S/o.John Kennedy before this Court and set him at liberty forthwith from Central Prison, Puzhal, Chennai - 66.)

M. Sundar, J.

1. Captioned ''Habeas Corpus Petition'' [hereinafter ''HCP'' for the sake of convenience and brevity] has been filed by the father of the detenu assailing a ''preventive detention order dated 06.07.2022 bearing reference No.185/BCDFGISSSV/2022'' [hereinafter ''impugned detention order'' for the sake of convenience]. To be noted, the fourth respondent is the sponsoring authority and the second respondent is the detaining authority as impugned detention order has been made by the 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, Sand-offenders, S