Case Facts:
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.2255 of 2012 ====================================================== 1. Pramod Kumar @ Pramod Kumar Yadav. 2. Nanhaki @ Bhushan. .... .... Petitioners Versus The State Of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE DINESH KUMAR SINGH ORAL ORDER (Per: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE DINESH KUMAR SINGH) 2 25-01-2012 Heard learned counsels for the petitioner and the State. The petitioners are apprehending their arrest in connection with Malsalami P.S. Case No. 139 of 2010 registered under [STATUTE] pending in the court of learned Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate, Patna City. It is alleged that the petitioners along two other accused persons assaulted the informant. It is submitted by learned counsel for the petitioners that one of the three accused persons has been granted regular bail by learned court below. Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.2255 of 2012 (2) dt.25-01-2012 2 / 2 2 I see no reason for the learned court below not to give the same privilege to the petitioners, preferably on the same day if the petitioners surrender within a period of six weeks. With the above observation, this application is, accordingly, disposed off. Let the order be transmitted to the learned court below through FAX at the cost of the petitioners. Amrendra/- (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.