Case Facts:
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.30980 of 2012 ====================================================== Ajit Singh @ Bhola Singh .... .... Petitioner/s Versus The State Of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE DINESH KUMAR SINGH ORAL ORDER 2 30-08-2012 Petitioner is apprehending his arrest in a case registered for the offences punishable under [STATUTE] and 27 of the Arms Act. Accusation is of causing fire arm injury on the knee of the informant by this petitioner at the instigation of Baijnath Singh when Baijnath Singh took out Rs. 5000/- from the pocket of the informant. It is submitted by learned counsel for the petitioner that injury has been found to be simple. It appears that Baijnath Singh has been granted bail vide Cr. Misc. No. 2972 of 2012. This Court finds no reason for learned Court below not to give the same privilege to the petitioner, if the petitioner surrenders within a period of six weeks in connection with Taraiya P.S. Case No. 154 of 2011, pending in the Court of Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.30980 of 2012 (2) dt.30-08-2012 2 / 2 2 learned Chief Judicial Magistrate, Saran at Chapra. With the observations above, the application stands disposed off. Let the order of this Court be transmitted through FAX to the learned Court below at the cost of the petitioner. Shageer/- (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.