Case Facts:
Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.24197 of 2012 (4) dt.07-09-2012 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No. 24197 of 2012 ====================================================== Suraj Thakur .... .... Petitioner/s Versus The State of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE GOPAL PRASAD ORAL ORDER 4 07-09-2012 Learned counsel for the petitioner seeks permission to make necessary correction in prayer portion of the bail petition in course of the day. Permission is accorded. Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned counsel for the State. This is a petition for grant of regular bail in a case under [STATUTE] as well as Section 27 of the Arms Act in which charge-sheet has been submitted under [STATUTE] as well as Section 27 of the Arms Act. The fardbeyan was recorded on 28.01.2012 with regard to the occurrence dated 18.01.2012 and the First Information Report was lodged on 02.02.2012. There is allegation that while the informant was lying on his bed in his house then Vishwanath Thakur, Dilip Thakur Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.24197 of 2012 (4) dt.07-09-2012 and Suraj Thakur fired at him causing injury on his back which passed through and through and came out from chest and then got injury on the hand hence according to him three injuries were caused to him. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that there is no specific averment that whose shot hit the victim. However, the witnesses are not the eye witness and have only stated that in paragraph 18 of the case diary the victim stated that Deepak Thakur had fired causing injury to him. Hence, having regard to the facts and circumstances of the case, the petitioner above named is ordered to be released on bail on furnishing bail bond of Rs.10,000/- (ten thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of the learned Chief Judicial Magistrate, Chapra at Saran in connection with Amnour P. S. Case No. 16 of 2012. Kundan/- (Gopal Prasad, 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.