Case Facts:
Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.42870 of 2012 (2) dt.14-12-2012 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.42870 of 2012 ====================================================== Bibhuti Kumar .... .... Petitioner/s Versus The State Of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE DINESH KUMAR SINGH ORAL ORDER 2 14-12-2012 Heard learned counsels for the petitioner, informant and the State. The petitioner is apprehending arrest in a case registered for the offences punishable under [STATUTE] and sections 3 and 4 of the Dowry Prohibition Act. The accusation is of torture. It is submitted by learned counsel for the informant that the informant is ready for resumption of the conjugal life which is not acceptable to the petitioner on the ground that the matrimonial case for divorce was filed on 9.7.2010 and thereafter the present case has been registered on 25.7.2012. The petitioner is ready to pay Rs. 1,000/- per month to the informant from January, 2013 by depositing the same in the bank account of the informant by second week of every month. Considering the matrimonial case being lodged earlier Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.42870 of 2012 (2) dt.14-12-2012 in point of time and present stand of the petitioner, let the above named petitioner be released on anticipatory bail, in the event of arrest or surrender before the learned Court below within a period of 12 weeks from today, 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, Nawada in connection with Nawada Mahila P.S. Case No. 2 of 2012 subject to the conditions as laid down under Section 438(2) Cr.P.C. The petitioner will serve a copy of this order to the informant within a period of three weeks when it is expected that the informant will supply her bank account number to the petitioner by filing the same on affidavit before the learned court below. The aforesaid payment will be subject to any order being passed in matrimonial or maintenance proceeding. Three consecutive defaults in making payment by the petitioner will give liberty to the informant to file an application for cancellation of bail 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.