Case Facts:
Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.38381 of 2012 (2) dt.09-10-2012 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.38381 of 2012 ====================================================== Sanju Devi .... .... Petitioner/s Versus The State Of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE DINESH KUMAR SINGH ORAL ORDER 2 09-10-2012 Heard learned counsels for the petitioner and the State. The petitioner is apprehending arrest in a case registered for the offences punishable under [STATUTE] . It is alleged that FIR named accused persons assaulted the son of the informant with bricks, bamboo stick, fists and slaps after closing the room, as a result of which the victim Raj Kumar succumbed to the injuries. In paragraphs 26,33,38,46 and 47 of the case diary the petitioner was named by the witnesses. It is submitted that the accusation has been levelled after five, thirty three and forty four days of the registration of the FIR when the petitioner is a co villager of the informant and known to the informant when the petitioner’s husband was named in the FIR. Considering the aforesaid facts, let the above named petitioner be released on anticipatory bail in the event of arrest or Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.38381 of 2012 (2) dt.09-10-2012 surrender before the learned Court below within a period of twelve weeks from today on furnishing bail bond of Rs. 10,000/- (ten thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of learned CJM, Khagaria in connection with Parbatta P.S. Case No. 55 of 2012 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.