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8. As already alluded to supra, we are concerned with the short point as to whether the absentee has been illegally detained by the third respondent centre. For this purpose, we direct the second respodnent to produce the absentee, the petitioner (absentee's sister),Thiru.Shanmugam, Co-ordinator of third respondent centre and fourth respondent before the jurisdictional Magistrate (we are informed https://www.mhc.tn.gov.in/judis that the jurisdictional magistrate is Judicial Magistrate - II, Poonamallee) on Monday (11.09.2023) at half past ten. We request the learned Magistrate to record the statements of absentee, petitioner and Thiru.Shanmugam of third respondent centre and fourth respondent. Suffice to say that if the absentee wants to continue in the centre he will continue in the third respondent centre and if the absentee wants to go elsewhere either with the petitioner or to any other place he will be at liberty to do so and it is the responsibility of second respondent to ensure that absentee is able to go and stay wherever he prefers but this will depend on absentee's statement before learned jurisdictional Magistrate. This is more so as the absentee is a medical doctor who is now 62 years old.