Case Facts:
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.48744 of 2012 ====================================================== 1. Akhilesh Yadav. 2. Sanjay Yadav. 3. Rangesh Yadav. .... .... Petitioners. Versus The State Of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party. ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE DINESH KUMAR SINGH ORAL ORDER 2 18-12-2012 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 giving knife blow to the informant by the petitioners when petitioner no. 2 also resorted to fire which caused no injury to the informant. It is submitted by learned counsel for the petitioners that for occurrence of 15.05.2011, the fardbeyan was recorded on 19.05.2011 which came to be registered as police case on 23.05.2011. It is further submitted that no injury report is on record and statement to that effect has been made in paragraph no.9 of the petition. A further statement Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.48744 of 2012 (2) dt.18-12-2012 2 / 2 2 has been made in paragraph no. 14 of the petition that the petitioners have no criminal antecedent. Considering the aforesaid facts, let the petitioners, above named, be released on bail in the event of arrest or surrender before the learned court below within a period of twelve weeks from today in connection with Arwal P.S. Case No. 109 of 2011 on furnishing bail bond of Rs.10,000/-(Ten Thousand) each with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of the learned C.J.M. Jehanabad, subject to the conditions as laid down under Section 438(2) of the Code of Criminal Procedure. U.K./- (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.