On 4 August 2003, in a brazen travesty of justice, Comrade Shah Chand and thirteen other comrades of Arwal-Jahanabad region were sentenced under fake TADA case to life imprisonment. One of them, Com. Madhav Chaudhary (62), who was still imprisoned passed away on April 8, 2023 in a hospital in Patna.

An old 1989 case against Shah Chand, Madhav Chaudhary and others were revived under TADA and in August 2003 the Jahanabad TADA court convicted thirteen comrades and sentenced them to life imprisonment.

They have not been released in spite of the fact that they have completed their jail terms as per the rules. Six of these comrades - Shah Chand, Madan Singh, Sohrai Chaudhary, Baleshwar Chaudhary, Manhagu Chaudhary, and now comrade Madhav Chaudhary – have died in jail owing to lack of proper medical attention. These deaths by negligence of the state is a great injustice. Now six more comrades – Dr. Jagadish Yadav, Churaman Bhagat, Arvind Chaudhary, Ajit Sao, Shaym Chaudhary and Laxman Sao - are still languishing in jail, most of them suffering from various ailments owing to hard jail life and neglect. CPIML has given a memorandum to the Chief Minister of Bihar demanding their immediate release. The party stands with the families of these comrades and extends every kind of support and solidarity.