Case Facts:
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.8870 of 2012 ====================================================== Shiv Muni Paswan & Ors. .... .... Petitioners. Versus The State Of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party. ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE DINESH KUMAR SINGH ORAL ORDER 2 26-03-2012 Heard learned counsels for the petitioners and the State. The petitioners being the father, brother and brother’s wife of the husband are apprehending their arrest in a case registered for the offences punishable under [STATUTE] . The alleged date of occurrence is of March, 2009 when accusation is of torture and assault by petitioner no.3 Janki Devi by bricks. For occurrence of March, 2009, complaint was lodged on 02.02.2010 which came to be registered as police case on 19.09.2011 when the victim died in 2011. It is submitted that accusation has been levelled in the background of partition dispute. Considering delayed lodging of F.I.R., let the petitioners, Shiv Muni Paswan, Sudarshan Paswan and Janaki Devi, be released on bail in the event of Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.8870 of 2012 (2) dt.26-03-2012 2 / 2 2 arrest or surrender before the learned court below within a period of twelve weeks from today in connection with Kargahar P.S. Case No. 153 of 2011 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 C.J.M. Rohtas at Sasaram, subject to the conditions as laid down under Section 438(2) of the Code of Criminal Procedure. 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.