# Pandi vs The State of Tamilnadu

Court: madras High Court
Date: 2026-06-23
Petitioner: Pandi
Respondent: The State of Tamilnadu

[Official PDF on madras High Court website](https://mhc.tn.gov.in/judis/index.php/casestatus/viewpdf/2089416)

## Judgment text (excerpt)

BEFORE THE MADURAI BENCH OF MADRAS HIGH COURT DATED: 06-07-2026 CORAM THE HONOURABLE MR JUSTICE A.D.JAGADISH CHANDIRA AND THE HONOURABLE MS.JUSTICE R. POORNIMA HCP(MD) NO. 843 of 2026 S.Pandi Petitioner(s) Vs 1. The State of Tamilnadu, 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. Respondent(s) For Petitioner(s): Mr.N.Pragalathan For Respondent(s): Mr.G.Karuppasamy Pandiyan, Counsel for State of Tamilnadu (Crl.Side) Prayer: Petition filed under Article 226 of the Constitution of India, to call for the entire records connected with the detention order passed in H.S.(M) Confdl No.57/2025 dated 30-06-2025 on the file of the 2nd respondent herein and quash the same and direct the respondents to produce the detenu or body of the detenu namely, the petitioner's son i.e., Kanagaraj, aged about 24 years, S/o. Pandi now detained at the Central Prison, Palayamkottai, before this Court and set him at liberty forthwith. https://www.mhc.tn.gov.in/judis ( U

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