BEFORE THE MADURAI BENCH OF MADRAS HIGH COURT DATED: 20.11.2023 CORAM:

THE HONOURABLE MR.JUSTICE M.SUNDAR and THE HONOURABLE MR.JUSTICE R.SAKTHIVEL H.C.P.(MD)Nos.585, 601, 602, 794, 805 and 806 of 2023 S.Santhi : Petitioner in H.C.P.(MD)No.585/23 N.Jebila : Petitioner in H.C.P.(MD)No.601/23 M.Thamarai Selvi : Petitioner in H.C.P.(MD)No.602/23 Elangeshwaran : Petitioner in H.C.P.(MD)No.794/23 Velmurugan : Petitioner in H.C.P.(MD)No.805/23 Rajarathinam : Petitioner in H.C.P.(MD)No.806/23 Vs.

1.State of Tamil Nadu, Rep. by the Additional Chief Secretary to Government, Home, Prohibition and Excise Department, Secretariat, Chennai – 600 009.

2.The District Collector and District Magistrate, Thoothukudi District, Thoothukudi.

3.The Superintendent of Prison, Central Prison, Palayamkottai, Tirunelveli. : Respondents in all H.C.Ps.

4.The Superintendent, District Jail, Nagercoil, Kanniyakumari District.

: 4th Respondent in H.C.P.(MD)Nos.794, 805 & 806/23 PRAYER in H.C.P.(MD)No.585 of 2023: Petition filed under Article 226 of the Constitution of India to issue a writ of Habeas Corpus, calling for the entire records connected with the detention order passed in H.S.(M)Confdl. No.54/2023 dated 28.03.2023 on the file of the second respondent herein and quash the same and direct the respondents to produce the detenu or body of the detenu namely petitioner's son ie.,Muthuraj, aged about 23 years, S/o.Selvakumar, now detained at the Central Prison, Palayamkottai, before this Court and set him at liberty forthwith.

PRAYER in H.C.P.(MD)No.601 of 2023: Petition filed under Article 226 of the Constitution of India to issue a writ of Habeas Corpus, calling for the entire records connected with the detention order passed in H.S.(M)Confdl. No.53/2023 dated 28.03.2023 on the file of the second respondent herein and quash the same and direct the respondents to produce the detenu or body of the detenu namely petitioner's husband ie.,Namo Narayanan, aged about 33 years, S/o.Velladurai, now detained at the Central Prison, Palayamkottai, before this Court and set him at liberty forthwith.

PRAYER in H.C.P.(MD)No.602 of 2023: Petition filed under Article 226 of the Constitution of India to issue a writ of Habeas Corpus, calling for the entire records connected with the detention order passed in H.S.(M)Confdl. No.55/2023 dated 28.03.2023 on the file of the second respondent herein and quash the same and direct the respondents to produce the detenu or body of the detenu namely petitioner's husband ie.,Baskar, aged about 29 years, S/o.Perumal, now detained at the Central Prison, Palayamkottai, before this Court and set him at liberty forthwith.

PRAYER in H.C.P.(MD)No.794 of 2023: Petition filed under Article 226 of the Constitution of India to issue a writ of Habeas Corpus, calling for the entire records connected with the detention order passed in H.S.(M)Confdl. No.52/2023 dated 24.03.2023 on the file of the second respondent herein and quash the same and direct the respondents to produce the detenu or body of the detenu namely Elangeshwaran, aged about 29 years, S/o.Jeyakumar, now detained at the District Jail, Nagercoil, Kanniyakumari District before this Court and set him at liberty forthwith.

PRAYER in H.C.P.(MD)No.805 of 2023: Petition filed under Article 226 of the Constitution of India to issue a writ of Habeas Corpus, calling for the entire records connected with the detention order passed in H.S.(M)Confdl. No.51/2023 dated 24.03.2023 on the file of the second respondent herein and quash the same and direct the respondents to produce the detenu or body of the detenu namely Velmurugan, aged about 29 years, S/o.Singaraj @ Singaraja, now detained at the District Jail, Nagercoil, Kanniyakumari District before this Court and set him at liberty forthwith.

PRAYER in H.C.P.(MD)No.806 of 2023: Petition filed under Article 226 of the Constitution of India to issue a writ of Habeas Corpus, calling for the entire records connected with the detention order passed in H.S.(M)C