H.C.P.(MD)No.26 of 2025 BEFORE THE MADURAI BENCH OF MADRAS HIGH COURT DATED : 17.11.2025 CORAM: THE HONOURABLE MR.JUSTICE C.V.KARTHIKEYAN and THE HONOURABLE MR.JUSTICE R.VIJAYAKUMAR H.C.P.(MD)No.26 of 2025 Muthukumaran ... Petitioner/Detenu -vs- 1.The State of Tamil Nadu Rep. by The Additional Chief Secretary to the Government, Home, Prohibition and Excise (XVI) Department, Fort St. George, Chennai-9. 2. The District Collector and District Magistrate, O/o The District Collector and District Magistrte, Thanjavur District, Thanjavur. 3. The Superintendent of Prison, Central Prison, Trichirappalli, Tiruchirappalli District. ... Respondents PRAYER: Petition filed under Article 226 of the Constitution of India praying to issue a Writ of Habeas Corpus, calling for the records relating to the impugned order of detention made in P.D.No.56/2024 dated 17.11.2024 on the file of the District Collector and District Magistrate, Thanjavur District, Thanjavur, the second respondent herein branding the detenu by name Muthukumaran S/o Balasubramaniyam aged about 37 years, as ''Sexual Offender'' who is now confined in Central Prison, Tiruchirappalli and quash the impugned order of detention and set him at liberty by producing him before this Court. ____________ https://www.mhc.tn.gov.in/judis H.C.P.(MD)No.26 of 2025 For Petitioner : Mr.K.M.Karunakaran For Respondents : Mr.A.Thiruvadi Kumar Additional Public Prosecutor ORDER (Order of the Court was made by C.V.Karthikeyan, J.) The learned counsel for the petitioner made the following endorsement: ''May be permitted to withdraw this petition''. 2.In view of the above, this petition is dismissed as withdrawn. 3. We direct the learned Principal Sessions Judge for POCSO cases,Thanjavur, to keep in mind Section 33(5) of the POCSO Act regarding the evidence of the victim child. [C.V.K., J.] [R.V., J.] 17.11.2025 CM ____________ https://www.mhc.tn.gov.in/judis H.C.P.(MD)No.26 of 2025 To 1.The State of Tamil Nadu Rep. by The Additional Chief Secretary to the Government, Home, Prohibition and Excise (XVI) Department, Fort St. George, Chennai-9. 2. The District Collector and District Magistrate, O/o The District Collector and District Magistrte, Thanjavur District, Thanjavur. 3. The Superintendent of Prison, Central Prison, Trichirappalli, Tiruchirappalli District. 4. The Additional Public Prosecutor, Madurai Bench of Madras High Court, Madurai. ____________ https://www.mhc.tn.gov.in/judis H.C.P.(MD)No.26 of 2025 C.V.KARTHIKEYAN , J. and R.VIJAYAKUMAR , J. CM H.C.P.(MD)No.26 of 2025 17.11.2025 ____________ https://www.mhc.tn.gov.in/judis