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 connected with the order of the 1st respondent herein made in C.O.C.No.22/2022 dated 05.08.2022 against the detenu namely, Ganapathy, aged about 33 years, who is confined at Central Prison, Tiruchurapalli and set aside the same and consequently, direct the respondents herein to produce the body and person of the detenu before this Hon''ble Court and set him at liberty forthwith.)

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 05.08.2022 bearing reference C.O.C.No.22/2022'' [hereinafter ''impugned detention order'' for the sake of convenience and brevity]. To be noted, fifth respondent is the sponsoring authority and first respondent is the detaining authority as impugned detention order has been made by first 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 traff