Case Facts:
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.20340 of 2012 ====================================================== Ripu Jha S/O Awadhesh Jha, Resident of Village- Baikunthpur, P.S.- Rajapakar, Distt.- Vaishali. .... .... Petitioner. Versus The State of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party. ====================================================== PRESENT: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE S.N. HUSSAIN ORDER 3 06-06-2012 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned counsel for the State. Petitioner is an accused for offences punishable under [STATUTE] as well as Section 27 of the Arms Act. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that specific allegation of assaulting the informant is upon another co-accused person whereas there are general and omnibus allegations against all the 10 accused persons, including the petitioner. Learned counsel for the petitioner further submits that he is the nephew of the informant and there is a family dispute between them due to which he had been implicated by the informant in another case also. Learned counsel for the petitioner also avers that he is in custody since April, 2011. In the aforesaid facts and circumstances, this petition is Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.20340 of 2012 (3) dt.06-06-2012 2 / 2 2 allowed. Let above named petitioner be released on bail on furnishing bail bond of Rs.10,000.00 (Rupees ten thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of Chief Judicial Magistrate, Vaishali at Hajipur in connection with Mahua P.S. Case No. 527 of 2009. Sunil/- (S.N. Hussain, 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.