Case Facts:
Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.36201 of 2012 (2) dt.08-10-2012 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.36201 of 2012 ====================================================== Gajadhar Pandey .... .... Petitioner/s Versus The State Of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party/s Appearance: For the petitioner : Mr. Manoj Kumar, Advocate For the State : Mr. Ram Priya Sharan Singh, A.P.P. ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE HEMANT KUMAR SRIVASTAVA ORAL ORDER 02/ 08.10.2012 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner as well as learned Addl. Public Prosecutor for the State. Petitioner has been made accused in a case registered under [STATUTE] as well as section 3(X) of the SC/ST (Prevention of Atrocities) Act on the allegation that he gave dagger blow to the informant and also humiliated by calling his caste name. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the informant has received simple injury which is evident from annexure 2 to this petition and so far as provision of section 3(X) of the SC/ST (Prevention of Atrocities) Act is concerned, the same is not applicable in this case. Considering the aforesaid facts and circumstances as well as submissions of the parties, let the petitioner, Gajadhar Pandey, be released on bail on furnishing bail bonds of Rs 10,000/- with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of the Railway Judicial Magistrate, Bhojpur at Ara in Buxar Rail P.S. Case no. 40/2012. Shahid (Hemant Kumar Srivastava,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.