Case Facts:
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.36868 of 2012 ====================================================== 1. Basuki Paswan S/O Late Ram Jatan Paswan Resident of Village Beldiha, P.S. Sanokhar, District Bhagalpur. 2. Arvind Paswan S/O Jaladi Paswan Resident of Village Beldiha, P.S. Sanokhar, District Bhagalpur. 3. Pappu Paswan S/O Sitabi Paswan Resident of Village Beldiha, P.S. Sanokhar, District Bhagalpur. 4. Wakil Paswan S/O Jaladi Paswan Resident of Village Beldiha, P.S. Sanokhar, District Bhagalpur. 5. Vijay Paswan S/O Jaladi Paswan Resident of Village Beldiha, P.S. Sanokhar, District Bhagalpur. 6. Mangal Paswan S/O Basuki Paswan Resident of Village Beldiha, P.S. Sanokhar, District Bhagalpur. 7. Sushil Paswan S/O Late Ram Jatan Paswan Resident of Village Beldiha, P.S. Sanokhar, District Bhagalpur. .... .... Petitioners. Versus The State Of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party. ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE DINESH KUMAR SINGH ORAL ORDER 2 27-09-2012 Heard learned counsels for the petitioners and the State. The petitioners are apprehending their arrest in a case registered for the offences punishable under [STATUTE] . The accusations are of making assault with Lathi and committing theft of Rs. 3,000/-. It is submitted that the injury has been found to be simple and the petitioners are next door neighbours of the informant who deposed against the Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.36868 of 2012 (2) dt.27-09-2012 2 / 2 2 informant’s mother in T.S. No. 383 of 2004 hence, the petitioners have been roped in the present case. Considering the aforesaid facts, let the petitioners, above named, be released on bail in the event of arrest or surrender before the learned court below within a period of twelve weeks from today in connection with Sanokhar P.S. Case No. 70 of 2010 on furnishing bail bond of Rs.10,000/-(Ten Thousand) each with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of the learned C.J.M. Bhagalpur, subject to the conditions as laid down under Section 438(2) of the Code of Criminal Procedure. U.K./- (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.