Case Facts:
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.15394 of 2012 ====================================================== Nitish Mahto @ Nitesh Kumar .... .... Petitioner/s Versus The State Of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance : For the Petitioner/s : Mr. Uday Pratap Singh For the Informant : Mr. Uday Ban Singh For the State : Mr. J.K. Singh-1 ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE DINESH KUMAR SINGH ORAL ORDER 2 26-04-2012 Petitioner is apprehending his arrest in a case registered for the offences punishable under [STATUTE] . Accusation is of giving repeating knife blow on the abdomen of the informant. It is submitted by learned counsel for the petitioner that informant got examined in some private hospital and for the occurrence of 20.03.2011 the complaint was filed on 22.06.2011 which came to be registered as police case on 01.08.2011. Delayed lodging of the complaint clouds the bona fide of the accusation, let the petitioner namely Nitish Mahto @ Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.15394 of 2012 (2) dt.26-04-2012 2 / 2 2 Nitesh Kumar, in the event of his arrest or surrender before the Court below within a period of 12 weeks from today, be released on anticipatory bail 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, Siwan in connection with Daraunda(Siwan) P.S. Case No. 107 of 2011. Shageer/- (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.