Case Facts:
Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.24217 of 2012 (2) dt.10-07-2012 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.24217 of 2012 ====================================================== 1. Rajiv Mandal S/O Yogendra Mandal R/O Village - Naki, Police Station - Haveli Kharagpur, District – Munger .... Petitioner Versus 1. The State Of Bihar .... Opposite Party ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE GOPAL PRASAD ORAL ORDER 2 10-07-2012 Heard the learned counsel for the petitioner and the State. This is a petition for grant of regular bail for offence under [STATUTE] and 27 of the Arms Act. There is allegation that the petitioner along with the accused persons caught hold of the informant and the petitioner started fleeing away after indiscriminate firing. The police have found 15 empty cartridges. The petitioner is in jail since 19.04.2012. The learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the petitioner is an accused in one case. Hence, having regard to the facts and circumstances of the case, the petitioner, above named, is directed to be released on bail on furnishing bail bond of Rs.10,000 (rupees ten thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each in connection with Kharagpur P.S. Case No. 245 of 2009 to the satisfaction of the Chief Judicial Magistrate, Munger, subject to the condition that one of the bailors shall be a close relative of the petitioner, who will affidavit to the effect that the petitioner is involved in one case except this case and no other case is against the petitioner the petitioner shall appear in Court on each and every date, fixed in the case and any absence, on two consecutive dates, without any reasonable ground to the satisfaction of the Court below, shall be a ground of cancellation of bail of the petitioner by the lower Court itself. SA/- (Gopal Prasad, 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.