Case Facts:
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.32256 of 2012 ====================================================== 1. Mahangu Chaudhary 2. Dudh Nath Chaudhary 3. Satendra Chaudhary 4. Munna Chaudhary 5. Vijay Chaudhary 6. Sudarshan Chaudhary .... .... Petitioner/s Versus The State Of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE DINESH KUMAR SINGH ORAL ORDER 02/ 26-09-2012 Heard learned counsels for the petitioners and the State. The petitioners are apprehending their arrest in a case registered for the offences punishable under [STATUTE] and 27 of the Arms Act. The accusation is of making assault with lathi, committing theft of the jewellery when accused Budhan Chaudhary resorted to firing, who is not petitioner before this Court. It is submitted by learned counsel for the petitioners that though two injuries have been found grievous from the informant’s side when petitioners’ side also received grievous injuries when there is a Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.32256 of 2012 (2) dt.26-09-2012 2/2 counter version of the occurrence also. Considering the aforesaid facts, let the above named petitioners be released on anticipatory bail in the event of their arrest or surrender before the learned court below within a period of twelve weeks from today, on furnishing bail bond of Rs.10,000/- (Ten thousand) each with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of learned CJM, Bhojpur at Ara in connection with Ayar P.S. Case No. 30 of 2012, subject to the conditions as laid down under Section 438(2) of the Cr.P.C. DKS/ (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.