Case Facts:
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.14357 of 2012 ====================================================== Prabhat Kumar Singh .... .... Petitioner/s Versus The State Of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE DINESH KUMAR SINGH ORAL ORDER 04/ 17-08-2012 Heard learned counsels for the petitioner and the State. The petitioner is apprehending his arrest in a case registered for the offences punishable under [STATUTE] and 27 of the Arms Act. It is alleged that the petitioner resorted to firing when the injury was caused on the cheek of the informant when the daughter of the informant came this petitioner and other accused persons resorted to firing causing death of the daughter of the informant. It is submitted by learned counsel for the petitioner that the thrust of accusation is against Akhilesh Singh, who has been discharged. Since the case was instituted in 2003, this Court is not inclined to grant anticipatory bail to Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.14357 of 2012 (4) dt.17-08-2012 2/2 the petitioner in connection with Shastri Nagar P.S. Case No. 16 of 2003 pending in the court of learned Chief Judicial Magistrate, Patna. Accordingly, this application is dismissed. 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.