JUDGMENT

(Prayer: Petition filed under Article 226 of the Constitution of India praying for issuance of a writ of habeas corpus to produce the body of the petitioner''s son namely Praveen @ Pallu Praveen, aged about 22 years, S/o.Sakthivel who is detained in Central Prison, Puzhal, Chennai before this Court and set him at liberty forthwith by calling for the records pursuant to the detention order in Proceedings in Memo No.50/BCDFGISSSV/2023, dated 21.02.2023, on the file of the 2nd respondent herein and quash the same.)

M. Sundar, J.

1. Captioned ''Habeas Corpus Petition'' [''HCP'' for the sake of brevity] has been filed by mother of detenu assailing a ''preventive detention order dated 21.02.2023 bearing reference BCDFGISSSV No.50/2023'' [hereinafter ''impugned detention order'' for the sake of convenience and brevity]. To be noted, fourth 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-offenders, Goondas, Immoral traffic of