Case Facts:
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.18627 of 2012 ====================================================== Mala Devi .... .... Petitioner/s Versus The State Of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE DINESH KUMAR SINGH ORAL ORDER 02/ 18-06-2012 Heard learned counsels for the petitioner, the State and the informant. The petitioner is apprehending her arrest in a case registered for the offences punishable under [STATUTE] and 27 of the Arms Act. It is alleged against the petitioner’s husband to have given iron rod blow twice on the head of the victim, who is the grand son of the informant, causing bleeding injury. The specific accusation against the petitioner is of taking gold chain amounting to Rs.30,000/-. It is submitted by learned counsel for the petitioner that there is no accusation of making assault against the petitioner whereas it is submitted by learned counsel for the informant that with the help of this petitioner the injury was caused to the victim. Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.18627 of 2012 (2) dt.18-06-2012 2/2 Considering the fact that specific accusation of assault is not against the petitioner and she is a lady, let the above named petitioner be released on anticipatory bail in the event of her 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, Lakhisarai in connection with Surajgarha P.S. Case No. 33 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.