Case Facts:
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.3581 of 2012 ====================================================== Pankaj Kumar Singh @ Pankaj Mukhiya .... .... Petitioner/s Versus The State Of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE DINESH KUMAR SINGH ORAL ORDER 2 06-02-2012 Heard learned counsels for the petitioner and the State. The petitioner is apprehending arrest in a case registered under [STATUTE] and section 3(1)(x) of the S.C./S.T. (Prevention of atrocities) Act (hereinafter referred to as the S.C./S.T. Act). The specific accusation of assault to the informant and his son is against Rohit Kumar and Bare Jee. There is no specific accusation under the S.C./S.T. Act against the petitioner. Considering the aforesaid facts, let the above named petitioner be released on anticipatory bail in the event of arrest or surrender before the learned Court below within a period of 12 weeks from today on furnishing bail bond of Rs. 10,000/- (ten thousand) with two sureties of the like amount Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.3581 of 2012 (2) dt.06-02-2012 2 / 2 2 each to the satisfaction of the learned Chief Judicial Magistrate, Begusarai in connection with Birpur P.S. Case No. 101 /2011 subject to the conditions as laid down under Section 438(2) Cr.P.C. Anil/- (Dinesh Kumar Singh, J)

Applicable IPC Section: 307

Statute Text:
Section 307 of the Indian Penal Code. Attempt to murder. Whoever does any act with such intention or knowledge, and under such circumstances that, if he by that act caused death, he would be guilty of murder, shall be punished with imprisonment of either description for a term which may extend to ten years, and shall also be liable to fine; and, if hurt is caused to any person by such act, the offender shall be liable either to imprisonment for life, or to such punishment as is hereinbefore mentioned. Attempts by Life Convicts: When any person offending under this section is under sentence of imprisonment for life, he may, if hurt is caused, be punished with death.