Case Facts:
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.19885 of 2012 ====================================================== Chandra Prabhat Shekhar .... .... Petitioner/s Versus The State Of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE DINESH KUMAR SINGH ORAL ORDER 2 21-06-2012 Petitioner is apprehending his arrest in a case registered for the offences punishable under [STATUTE] . and 27 of the Arms Act. It is alleged by the informant that when he was returning after appearing at the examination, eight to nine persons started firing and subsequently he was assaulted by hockey sticks. It is submitted by learned senior counsel for the petitioner that from the F.I.R. itself it appears that no firm arm injury was caused and in fact the informant did not receive any substantial injury and accusation of resorting firing has not been found true during investigation and due to the student’s rivalry the present case has been lodged. It is further submitted that petitioner has been implicated in one other case apart from the present case by the informant. Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.19885 of 2012 (2) dt.21-06-2012 2 / 2 2 Considering the aforesaid facts, let the petitioner namely Chandra Prabhat Shekhar, in the event of his arrest or surrender before the Court below within a period of 12 weeks from today, be released on anticipatory bail on furnishing bail bond of Rs. 10,000/-(ten thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of learned Chief Judicial Magistrate, Patna in connection with Pirbahore P.S. Case No. 54 of 2011, G.R. No. 947 of 2011. Shageer/- (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.