AWADH KISHORE SAHU vs THE STATE OF JHARKHAND THROUGH CHIEF SECRETARY, HOME DEPTT JHARKHAND Advocate - MANOJ KUMAR — W.P.(Cr.)/637/2025

Disposed: Contested--Dismissed on 23rd March 2026.

Case disposed

CNR: JHHC010302242025

Filing Number

W.P.(Cr.)/20330/2025

Filing Date

29-Aug-2025

Registration No

W.P.(Cr.)/637/2025

Registration Date

20-Sep-2025

Judge

Hon'ble Mr.justice Rongon Mukhopadhyay

Coram

Hon'ble Mr.justice Rongon Mukhopadhyay

Bench Type

Single Bench

Category

CRIMINAL LAW & PROCEDURE ( 121 )

Sub-Category

Release Matter ( 15 )

Judicial Branch

Criminal Section

Decision Date

23-Mar-2026

Nature of Disposal

Contested--Dismissed

Last updated 26-Mar-2026

Petitioner(s)

  1. 1.AWADH KISHORE SAHU

    Adv. RAKESH KUMAR

Respondent(s)

  1. 1.THE STATE OF JHARKHAND THROUGH CHIEF SECRETARY, HOME DEPTT JHARKHAND Advocate - MANOJ KUMAR

  2. 2.THE INSPECTOR GENERAL (PRISON), JHARKHAND

  3. 3.THE SENIOR SUPERINTENDENT OF POLICE, RANCHI

  4. 4.THE JAIL SUPERINTENDENT, BIRSA MUNDA CENTRAL JAIL, HOTWAR

  5. 5.THE PROHIBITION OFFICER HOME (PRISONER AND REHABILITATION)

Case History

  1. Case disposedDisposed

  2. 23-Mar-2026

    Hon'ble Mr.justice Rongon MukhopadhyayView PDF

    Case Summary: W.P.(Cr.) 637/2025 The Jharkhand High Court dismissed petitioner Awadh Kishore Sahu's writ petition seeking release from judicial custody with remission under Section 473 BNSS. The petitioner, convicted in 2004, claimed he had completed 20 years custody with remission, but the court found that under Section 427 Cr.P.C., his actual custody period was only 18 years 01 month and 15 days as of October 2025, falling short of the required 20 years for State Sentence Review Board consideration. This case analysis is maintained by casestatus.in based on publicly available court records.

  3. 06-Oct-2025

    Hon'ble Mr. Justice Ambuj NathView PDF

  4. 06-Oct-2025

    Fresh Filing (Admission)

    Hon'ble Mr. Justice Ambuj Nath

  5. 18-Sep-2025

    First hearing

    Initial hearing scheduled

  6. 29-Aug-2025

    Case filed

    Registration No. W.P.(Cr.)/637/2025

casestatus.in Summary

Case Summary: W.P.(Cr.) 637/2025 The Jharkhand High Court dismissed petitioner Awadh Kishore Sahu's writ petition seeking release from judicial custody with remission under Section 473 BNSS. The petitioner, convicted in 2004, claimed he had completed 20 years custody with remission, but the court found that under Section 427 Cr.P.C., his actual custody period was only 18 years 01 month and 15 days as of October 2025, falling short of the required 20 years for State Sentence Review Board consideration. This case analysis is maintained by casestatus.in based on publicly available court records.

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