RAJU RAM vs STATE OF BIHAR — Crl.A. No. 1320/1998

Case Summary: Crl.A. No. 1320/1998 – Raju Ram v. State of Bihar On 14 August 2001, the Supreme Court dismissed Raju Ram's criminal appeal against his conviction for murder (Section 302) and extortion (Section 387 read with Section 34, IPC). The appellant, one of three accused, was convicted for a January 1992 incident in Ranchi where the three attacked a shop owner at gunpoint demanding Rs. 5000 and daily collections; when the victim and his son refused, one accused stabbed the victim fatally with a dagger. The Court rejected the appellant's counsel's argument that only extortion was intended, finding that the three accused shared a common intention to commit murder, as evidenced by their preparation with lethal weapons and the certainty that they would not have walked away empty-handed upon the victim's refusal to pay. This case analysis is maintained by casestatus.in based on publicly available court records.