Case Facts:
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.1322 of 2012 ====================================================== Karu Das @ Sanjay Kumar Gupta & Ors. .... .... Petitioners. Versus The State Of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party. ====================================================== with Criminal Miscellaneous No.2166 of 2012 ====================================================== Santosh Kumar Gupta @ Das & Anr. .... .... Petitioners. Versus The State Of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party. ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE DINESH KUMAR SINGH ORAL ORDER (Per: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE DINESH KUMAR SINGH) 2 27-01-2012 Heard learned counsels for the petitioners and the State. The petitioner no. 1 is languishing in custody since 18.11.2011, petitioner nos. 2 and 3 are languishing in custody since 25.11.2011 of Cr. Misc. No. 1322 of 2012 and petitioners of Cr. Misc. No. 2166 of 2012 are languishing in custody since 25.11.2011 in a case registered for the offence under [STATUTE] , ¾ of the Explosive Substances Act, 27 of the Arms Act and 17 of the Criminal Law Amendment Act. Petitioners are not named in the F.I.R. The name of the petitioners sprang up in course of Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.1322 of 2012 (2) dt.27-01-2012 2/2 investigation on the basis of hear-say statements made by the witnesses. The statement has been made in the petitions that the petitioners have no criminal antecedent and other similarly situated accused have been granted bail vide Cr. Misc. Nos. 39925 of 2011, 14923 of 2011, 21224 of 2009, 8014 of 2009 and 5856 of 2009. Considering the aforesaid facts, let the petitioners Karu Das @ Sanjay Kumar Gupta, Laxmi Yadav, Hriday Yadav, Santosh Kumar Gupta @ Das and Baldeo Yadav be released on bail on furnishing bail bond of Rs.10,000/-(Ten Thousand) each with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of the learned Ist Additional Sessions Judge, Banka in connection with S. Tr. No. 273 of 2011, Tr. No. 66 of 2011. U.K./- (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.