JUDGMENT

(Prayer: Petition filed under Article 226 of the Constitution of India praying for a direction to the respondents herein to produce the body of the detenu by name Shri V. Senthil Balaji, S/o Velusamy, aged about 48 years before this Court and set him at liberty.)

J. Nisha Banu J.

1) This Habeas Corpus Petition is filed under Article 226 of the Constitution of India praying to issue a Writ directing the respondents to produce the body of the detenu Shri V.Senthil Balaji, S/o Velusamy aged about 48 years before this Court and set him free.

1.2) The petitioner is the wife of the detenu in CC Nos.19, 24 &25 of 2021 on the file of the Learned Additional Special Court against MP/MLA for offences under Sec 406, 409 420, 506 (1) read with Sec 34 of the INDIAN PENAL CODE .

1.3) The allegation against the detenu is that, during 2014, while officiating as a Transport Minister in the Government of Tamil Nadu, he had obtained money from third parties promising jobs in the Transport Department and thereafter cheated them. On the basis of the said offences, a case is now registered by the Enforcement Directorate under Sec 4 of the PMLA, 2002 and he was arrested at about 1.3