Case Facts:
Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.35101 of 2012 (3) dt.07-12-2012 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.35101 of 2012 ====================================================== Prabhunath Yadav .... .... Petitioner/s Versus The State Of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE DINESH KUMAR SINGH ORAL ORDER 3 07-12-2012 Heard learned counsels for the petitioner and the State. The petitioner is apprehending arrest in a case registered for the offences punishable under [STATUTE] . It is alleged that the petitioner called the victim for cleaning on the eve of the marriage in the family when this petitioner made assault along with eight other persons. It is submitted that the occurrence is of 23.4.2012 when the FIR was lodged on 26.4.2012 and postmortem report reflects only one injury when the accusation is of making assault by eight persons when there is previous land dispute between the parties. It is submitted by learned counsel for the informant that there is specific accusation of assault against the petitioner when it is submitted by learned counsel for the petitioner that since there was marriage of the daughter of petitioner, there was no occasion for him to commit the offence. Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.35101 of 2012 (3) dt.07-12-2012 Considering the nature of accusation, let the learned court below consider the regular bail of the petitioner in case the petitioner surrenders within six weeks from today in connection with Yadopur P.S. Case no. 34 of 2012 pending in the court of learned C.J.M., Gopalganj. This application is disposed of with the aforesaid observation/direction. Let this order be transmitted through FAX at the cost of the petitioner. Anil/- (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.