Case Facts:
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.765 of 2012 Om Prakash Paswan Versus The State Of Bihar ---------------------------------- 02. 10.01.2012 Petitioner being contractor is apprehending his arrest in a case registered for the offences under [STATUTE] . Petitioner was doing some electrification work when informant got some injuries due to coming in contact with low electric line. It is submitted by learned counsel for the petitioner that petitioner was not present on the spot and due to the negligence of the electricians who were doing electrification work, the informant got injuries and informant was being treated at the cost of the petitioner. Considering the aforesaid facts, let the petitioner namely Om Prakash Paswan, 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, Jehanabad in connection with Kako P.S. Case No. 170 of 2011. Shageer ( Dinesh Kumar Singh, J)

Applicable IPC Section: 308

Statute Text:
Section 308 of the Indian Penal Code. Attempt to commit culpable homicide. 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 culpable homicide not amounting to murder, shall be punished with imprisonment of either description for a term which may extend to three years, or with fine, or with both; and, if hurt is caused to any person by such act, shall be punished with imprisonment of either description for a term which may extend to seven years, or with fine, or with both.