Case Facts:
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.35797 of 2012 ====================================================== 1. Vidyawati Devi 2. Manju Devi 3. Neeraj Kumar 4. Ranjan Kumar .... .... Petitioner/s Versus The State Of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE DINESH KUMAR SINGH ORAL ORDER 2 20-09-2012 Petitioners being agnates of the informant are apprehending their arrest in a case registered for the offences punishable under [STATUTE] . Accusation against the petitioner Rajan Kumar to have assault with axe on the head of the informant when Neeraj Kumar gave iron rod to Sajan Kumar Gupta and the other accused persons snatched gold chain. It is submitted by learned counsel for the petitioners that injury of both the injured have been found to be simple caused by hard and blunt substance when there is counter version of the occurrence also and accusation has been levelled in the background of serious land dispute. Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.35797 of 2012 (2) dt.20-09-2012 2 / 2 2 Considering the same, let the petitioners, above named, in the event of their arrest or surrender before the Court below within a period of 12 weeks from today, be released on anticipatory bail on furnishing bail bond of Rs. 10,000/-(ten thousand) each with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of learned Chief Judicial Magistrate, Sitamarhi in connection with Majorganj P.S. Case No. 29 of 2012. 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.