Case Facts:
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.50955 of 2008 ====================================================== Raj Narayan Singh, S/o Late Ram Chandra Singh, R/o Village Mohanpur, P.S. – Muffasil, District – Begusarai. .... .... Petitioner/s Versus The State Of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE RAKESH KUMAR ORAL ORDER 4 23-02-2012 Heard Sri Shubhesh Pandey, learned counsel for the petitioner and Sri Madan Pandey, learned Additional Public Prosecutor. The present petition under Section 482 of the code of criminal procedure, has been preferred for quashing of an order which was passed on 25.09.2008, by the learned Additional Sessions Judge, Fast Track Court No. V, Begusarai, in Sessions Trial No. 341 of 2008 (arising out of Muffasil P.S. Case No. 10 of 2006) registered for the offence under [STATUTE] . By the said order the learned court below has rejected the petition filed under Section 227 of the Code of Criminal Procedure for discharge of the petitioner. I have perused the impugned order and also the F.I.R. Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.50955 of 2008 (4) dt.23-02-2012 2 / 2 2 The petitioner was one of the named accused in the F.I.R., in which, it was alleged that the accused persons had attempted to murder the informant. After going through the impugned order, I do not find any defect in the same. The petition stands dismissed. Praful/- (Rakesh Kumar, 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.