JUDGMENT

(Prayer:Petition filed under Article 226 of the Constitution of India to issue a writ of Habeas Corpus to call for the entire records connected with the detention order of the respondent No.2 in detention Order No.22/2023 dated 21.02.2023 and quash the same and direct the respondents to produce the body or person of the detenue by name Umadevi @ Murugeswari, Wife of Ranganathan, aged about 47 years now confined as Drug Offender at Madurai Central prison, before this Court and set her at liberty forthwith.)

Ramesh, J.

1. The petitioner is the detenue viz., Umadevi @ Murugeswari aged about 47 years, W/o.Ranganathan. The detenu has been detained by the second respondent by his order in detention Order No.22/2023 dated 21.02.2023 holding him to be a "Drug Offender", as contemplated under Section 2(e) of Tamil Nadu Act 14 of 1982. The said order is under challenge in this Habeas Corpus Petition.

2. We have heard the learned counsel appearing for the petitioner and the learned Additional Public Prosecutor appearing for the respondents. We have also perused the records produced by the Detaining Authority.

3. Though many grounds have been raised in the petition, the learned counsel for