JUDGMENT

(Prayer: Respondents 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 friend detention under Tamil Nadu Act 14 of 1982 vide detention order dated 30.07.2022 on the file of the second respondent herein made in proceedings BCDFGISSV No.223/2022 and quash the same as illegal and consequently direct the respondents herein to produce the said Petitioners friend namely Jamaludeen son of Mohamed Meeran aged 46 years before this Court and set the petitioner''s friend at liberty from detention now petitioner''s friend detained at Central Prison, Puzhal, Chennai.)

M. SUNDAR, J.,

1. Captioned ''Habeas Corpus Petition'' [hereinafter ''HCP'' for the sake of convenience and brevity] has been filed by the friend of the detenu assailing a ''preventive detention order dated 30.07.2022 bearing reference BCDFGISSSV.No.223/2022'' [hereinafter ''impugned detention order'' for the sake of convenience]. To be noted, the third respondent is the sponsoring authority and the second respondent is the detaining authority as impugned detention order has been made by the second respond