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BEFORE THE MADURAI BENCH OF MADRAS HIGH COURT

DATED : 20.04.2026

CORAM

THE HONOURABLE MR.JUSTICE N.ANAND VENKATESH AND

THE HONOURABLE MR.JUSTICE K.K.RAMAKRISHNAN

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P.Lakshmi ....... Petitioner Vs.

1.The State of Tamil Nadu, Rep. by the Principal Secretary to Government,

Home (Prison-IV) Department, Secretariat,

Fort St George, Chennai - 600 009.

2.The Director General of Prisons and Correctional Services,

O/o. Tamil Nadu Prisons Headquarters, Whannels Road,

Egmore, Chennai - 600 008.

3.The Deputy Inspector General of Prisons and Correctional Services,

Trichy Range, Race Course Road,

Trichy - 620 023.

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4.The Superintendent of Prison, Central Prison,

Trichy - 620 020.

5.The Chief Medical Officer, Central Prison,

Trichy - 620 020. ...... Respondents Prayer : Petition filed under Article 226 of the Constitution of India for issuance of Writ of Mandamus, to direct the Respondents to provide a better treatment to the petitioner's son, namely, Mohanraj @ Prabu Deva, S/o. Palaniyappan, aged about 33 years, Life Convict Prisoner, PID No. 296351, confined at Central Prison, Trichy on the basis of the petitioner's

representation dated 24.02.2026.

For Petitioner : Mr.K.A.S.Prabhu For Respondents : Mr.A.Thiruvadi Kumar,

Additional Public Prosecutor

O R D E R

[Order of the Court was made by N.ANAND VENKATESH, J.]

This writ petition has been filed for a direction to the respondents to

provide better treatment to the petitioner's son, who is a life convict,

serving sentence at Central Prison, Trichy.

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2. When the writ petition came up for hearing on 30.03.2026, this

Court passed the following order:

When this matter came up for hearing on “

26.03.2026, we directed the learned Additional Public Prosecutor to get the convict examined by a Doctor and to submit a medical report. When the matter was taken up for hearing today, the Medical Certificate along with the report of the CT Scan (Brain) was placed before this Court by the learned Additional Publilc Prosecutor. The CT Scan done on the brain by a Neurologist did not come up with any adverse finding. However, the Assistant Surgeon of the Prison has suggested for a complete Neurological evaluation and Psychiatric test to rule out Somatic Symptom

Disorder (S.S.D).

2. Considering the nature of the grievances expressed by the petitioner and in order to rule out any adverse medical condition, we direct that a complete Neurological evaluation and Psychiatric Test shall be conducted by the Prison Doctor. Apart from conducting necessary test in the spinal cord, since the prisoner is complaining

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of vertigo and severe headache.

3. Registry is directed to post this case on

20.04.2026.

3. When the matter was taken up for hearing today, the learned

Additional Public Prosecutor placed the discharge summary given by the

Department of Medicine, Government K.A.P.V. Medical College, Trichy.

4. On carefully going through the Discharge Summary, it is seen that

the proper treatment has been given to the petitioner's son and the petitioner's son is now clinically stable and has been advised to undergo

some medications and for future reference.

5. Recording the above development, this writ petition (Criminal)

stands closed.

[N.A.V., J.] & [K.K.R.K., J.]

20.04.2026 NCC : Yes / No Index : Yes / No

TSG

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Copy to

1.The Principal Secretary to Government, Home (Prison-IV) Department,

Secretariat, Fort St George,

Chennai - 600 009.

2.The Director General of Prisons and Correctional

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