1 BEFORE THE MADURAI BENCH OF MADRAS HIGH COURT DATED: 18.11.2011 CORAM: THE HONOURABLE MR.JUSTICE M.JAICHANDREN AND THE HONOURABLE MR.JUSTICE S.NAGAMUTHU HABEAS CORPUS PETITION(MD).No.579 of 2011 Gopalan : Petitioner Vs. 1.The Superintendent of Police, Office of the Superintendent of Police, Trichy District. 2.The Inspector of Police, Lalgudi Police Station, Trichy District. : Respondents PRAYER: Petition is filed under Article 226 of the Constitution of India to direct the respondents to produce the body and person of the detenu, namely, G.Ramakrishnan, S/o.Gopalan, aged 54 years before this Court and set him at liberty. For Petitioner : Mr.R.Alagumani For Respondents : Mr.A.Ramar Additional Public Prosecutor O R D E R [Order of the Court was made by S.NAGAMUTHU, J.] The petitioner's son, by name Mr.Ramakrishnan, aged about 54 years, was working as a Deputy Block Development Officer, Uppiliyapuram Panchayat Union, Duraiyur Taluk, Trichy District. According to the petitioner, the detenu went to his office on 19.02.2010, but he did not return thereafter. Apprehending that he is detained illegally by somebody, who are enimical towards the detenu, because the detenu was acting in an honest manner in discharge of his official functions, the petitioner has come up with this Habeas Corpus Petition seeking a direction to the second respondent police to secure him and set him at liberty. 2. The second respondent police has filed a Status Report dated 24.08.2011 before this Court, wherein he has stated that on the complaint of the wife of the detenu, a case in Crime No.341 of 2011 for man missing has been registered and investigation is going on. It is also stated that various steps have been taken to trace out the detenu and as a matter of fact, a Special Team has been formed for the said purpose. In this regard, information has been given to all the Police Stations through out the State of Tamil Nadu in respect of the missing of the detenu. Thus, according to the Status Report, all steps have been taken to trace out the detenu and the case is also https://hcservices.ecourts.gov.in/hcservices/ 2 under active investigation of the second respondent. 3. The learned counsel for the petitioner would submit that the petitioner is aged about 87 years and all his efforts to persuade the officials to take effective steps to secure the detenu have failed. 4. We have considered the above submissions. As of now, there is no material before this Court to show that the detenu is illegally detained by anybody so as to maintain this Habeas Corpus Petition. Even according to the averments made in the affidavit, it is only a case of man missing. Therefore, this Habeas Corpus Petition is disposed of with an observation that the second respondent police shall expedite the investigation, to be monitored by the first respondent – Superintendent of Police, Trichy District. Sd/- Assistant Registrar(T&P) /True Copy/ Sub Assistant Registrar To 1.The Superintendent of Police, Office of the Superintendent of Police, Trichy District. 2.The Inspector of Police, Lalgudi Police Station, Trichy District. 3.The Additional Public Prosecutor, Madurai Bench of Madras High Court, Madurai. +1cc to Mr.R.Alagumani, Advocate, Sr.No.40686 ORDER MADE IN HABEAS CORPUS PETITION(MD).No.579 of 2011 18.11.2011 NB SMA/07.12.2011/5C/2P https://hcservices.ecourts.gov.in/hcservices/