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 2nd respondent herein concerned in C.O.C.No.21/2022 dated 05.08.2022 on the file of the second respondent herein and quash the same as illegal and consequently, direct the respondents to produce the detenu Venkatesan, son of Chidambaram, Hindu, aged about 30 years, who now confined in Central Prison, Tiruchirappalli 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 father of detenu assailing a ''preventive detention order dated 05.08.2022 bearing reference C.O.C.No.21/2022'' [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 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