Case Facts:
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.5599 of 2012 ====================================================== 1. Chandan Kumar Singh @ Chandan Kumar S/O Punit Singh Resident Of Mohalla- Belan Bazar (Bangali Tola), Police Station- Kasim Bazar, District- Munger .... .... Petitioner/s Versus 1. The State Of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE DINESH KUMAR SINGH ORAL ORDER 02/ 01-03-2012 Heard learned counsels for the petitioner and the State. The petitioner is apprehending his arrest in a case registered for the offences punishable under [STATUTE] and 27 of the Arms Act. It is alleged that for non-payment of Rs. 20,000/- extortion money the petitioner caused injury on the chest of the son of the informant. The occurrence is of 11.01.2011 when the FIR was lodged on 03.02.2011. It is submitted by learned counsel for the petitioner that subsequently the informant has retracted from his earlier version whereas the injured denied the accusation. Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.5599 of 2012 (2) dt.01-03-2012 2/2 Considering the delayed lodging of the case which clouds the bonafide of accusation, let the above named petitioner be released on anticipatory bail in the event of his arrest or surrender before the learned court below within a period of twelve weeks from today, 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, Munger in connection with Kasim Bazar P.S. Case No. 33 of 2011, subject to the conditions as laid down under Section 438(2) of the Cr.P.C. DKS/ (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.