Case Facts:
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.2957 of 2012 ====================================================== 1. Md. Faiyaz, 2. Md. Modi alias Md. Tasmuddin .... .... Petitioner/s Versus The State Of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE DINESH KUMAR SINGH ORAL ORDER (Per: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE DINESH KUMAR SINGH) 2 31-01-2012 Heard learned counsels for the petitioners and the State. The petitioners are apprehending arrest in a case registered under [STATUTE] . The accusation is of making assault due to dispute arising out of grazing of the paddy field of the informant. It is submitted by learned counsel for the petitioners that the injuries are either bruises or laceration of marginal size except injury no. 3, which has been found to be grievous due to dislocation of elbow joint but the nature of injury does not reflect that the case comes within the purview of [STATUTE] . Considering the nature of accusation and the background in which the occurrence took place, let the above named petitioners be released on anticipatory bail in the event Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.2957 of 2012 (2) dt.31-01-2012 2 / 2 2 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) each with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of the learned Chief Judicial Magistrate, Bhagalpur in connection with Sanokhar P.S. Case No. 47 /2011 subject to the conditions as laid down under Section 438(2) Cr.P.C. 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.