An IIT-BHU alumnus and engineer by training, Rahi has had three stints in prison between 2007 and 2024. He had been booked in two cases, spent over a decade in jail, and has now been cleared of all charges in both.
Convicts bring in `2.99 crore in FY2021-22, leave counterparts in Amravati and Nagpur in second and third positions; twin victory for prison department – profit and reformed prisoners
The Nagpur bench of the Bombay High Court has refused to grant parole to a prisoner convicted under the Terrorist and Disruptive Activities (Prevention) Act, noting that convicts of "terrorist crimes" are not eligible for parole
A division bench of Justices S B Shukre and M W Chandwani on December 2, 2022 dismissed a petition filed by convict Hasan Mehndi Sheikh, serving life imprisonment in the Amravati Central Prison, seeking regular parole to see his ailing wife
A bench of Justices Sunil B. Shukre and M.W. Chandwani said that jail authorities should not be treating the requirement to provide reasons for rejecting furlough as just a formality.