SHEOJATAN RAI . vs STATE OF BIHAR — Crl.A. No. 1149/2003

Case Summary: Sheojatan Rai v. State of Bihar (Crl.A. 1149/2003) The Supreme Court granted leave to appeal and partially allowed the appellants' challenge to their conviction for offenses under IPC sections 148 and 323. The Court found that the 2-year sentence for section 323 exceeded the maximum one-year penalty and reduced the imprisonment to 6 months for appellants 1-4 and 7 (Sheojatan Rai, Chhathu Rai, Jhulan Rai, Ram Shankar Rai, and Kishori Rai), while dismissing the appeal for appellants 5-6. The decision was delivered on September 12, 2003. This case analysis is maintained by casestatus.in based on publicly available court records.