The court found that the petitioner had already served 21 years in prison for the offences of robbery with violence and assault causing actual bodily harm. Taking into account that no one was killed during the commission of the offence, the petitioner's profession as a welder, and the fact that he had atoned for his crime, the court determined that the period already served was sufficient punishment. The court therefore resentenced the petitioner to 21 years imprisonment, which he had already served, and ordered his immediate release unless otherwise lawfully held.