Case Facts:
Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.16855 of 2012 (3) dt.20-07-2012 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.16855 of 2012 ====================================================== Sikandar Khan, son of Noor Alam Khan .... .... Petitioner/s Versus The State Of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE AKHILESH CHANDRA ORAL ORDER 3 20-07-2012 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned Additional Public Prosecutor for the State who is armed with carbon copy of the case diary. This application has been filed for the grant of regular bail to the petitioner who is in custody for the offences punishable under [STATUTE] and 27 of the Arms Act. The petitioner is solitary named accused in this case with allegation of entering in the house of the informant at mid night and inflicting fire arm injuries upon him. Submission is of false implication. Filing of complaint case no. 605/2011 by mother of the petitioner stating actual state of affairs and injury sustained being simple in nature. Further, petitioner has no criminal antecedent. If, it is so, let the above named petitioner be enlarged on bail on furnishing bail bond of Rs. 10,000/- (ten Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.16855 of 2012 (3) dt.20-07-2012 thousand only) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of Chief Judicial Magistrate, Aurangabad, in connection with Rafiganj P.S. Case No. 124/2011, with a condition to remain physically present before the court below on each and every date till disposal of the case, in case of failure on two consecutive dates without giving any reasonable explanation, the liberty granted shall be deemed to be cancelled. Rajeev/- (Akhilesh Chandra, 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.