RAJENDRA RAI vs STATE OF BIHAR — Crl.A. No. 721/1998

Case under Section II-A. Status: Disposed.

Disposed

CNR: SCIN010030071998

Filing Date

28-Jan-1998

Registration No

Crl.A. No. 721/1998

Diary Number

3007/1998

Order Date

02-Feb-1999

Document Type

Judgment - of Main Case

Disposal Type

Dismissed

Last updated 31-May-2026

Acts & Sections

Section II-A

Petitioner(s)

  1. 1.RAJENDRA RAI

    Adv. SATYAPAL KHUSHAL CHAND PASI (Dead / Retired / Elevated)

Respondent(s)

  1. 1.STATE OF BIHAR

Case History

  1. Case disposedDisposed

  2. 02-Feb-1999

    Judgment - of Main CaseView PDF

  3. 28-Jan-1998

    Case filed

    Registration No. Crl.A. No. 721/1998

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casestatus.in Summary

Summary: Rajendra Rai v. State of Bihar (Crl.A. No. 000721/1998) The Supreme Court allowed Rajendra Rai's appeal against his death sentence for murdering Krishnandan Rai and his son Bir Bahadur in a land dispute incident on 12.10.91. The Court found that while the murders were proven, they were committed in sudden fury upon discovering the deceased using disputed land, not through premeditation or conspiracy as lower courts had concluded. Consequently, the death sentence was reduced to life imprisonment, as the case did not qualify as "rarest of rare" warranting capital punishment. This case analysis is maintained by casestatus.in based on publicly available court records.

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