JUDGMENT

(Prayer: Petition filed under Article 226 of the Constitution of India praying for issuance of a writ of Habeas Corpus calling for the entire records connected with the detention order in Detention Order No.30 of 2023 dated 03.05.2023 on the file of the second respondent and quash the same as illegal and direct the respondents to produce the body or person of the petitioner's son namely Gowsigan, aged about 22 years, son of Murugesan, now confined at Central Prison, Madurai before this Court and set him at liberty forthwith.)

M. Sundar, J.

1. Captioned 'Habeas Corpus Petition' [hereinafter 'HCP' for the sake of brevity] has been filed by the mother of the detenu assailing a 'preventive detention order dated 03.05.2023 bearing Detention Order No.30 of 2023' [hereinafter 'impugned preventive detention order' for the sake of brevity and convenience]. To be noted, fourth respondent is the sponsoring authority and second respondent is the detaining authority as the impugned preventive detention order has been made by second respondent.

2. Impugned preventive detention order has been made under 'The Tamil Nadu Prevention of Dangerous Activities of Bootleggers, Cyber law offenders, D