Case Facts:
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.20077 of 2012 ====================================================== Santosh Sharma .... .... Petitioner/s Versus The State Of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE DINESH KUMAR SINGH ORAL ORDER 02/ 21-06-2012 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] . For cutting the ridge of the land it is alleged that Binod and Santosh assaulted with Farsa on the head of the informant and when he fell down this petitioner assaulted him brutally with lathi causing injury on the head of the informant. The injury report, brought on record through Annexure-2, reflects three incised injuries. It is submitted by learned counsel for the petitioner that the accusation has not been corroborated Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.20077 of 2012 (2) dt.21-06-2012 2/2 by the injury report. It is further submitted that for the occurrence of 22.01.2012 the FIR was registered on 29.01.2012 though the fard-beyan was recorded on 22.01.2012 itself. Considering the fact that the injury report substantially negates the accusation against the petitioner, 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, Gaya in connection with Khizarsarai P.S. Case No. 14 of 2012, 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.