Case Facts:
Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.30130 of 2012 (4) dt.05-11-2012 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No. 30130 of 2012 ====================================================== Rabindra Ravidas, S/O Babulal Ravidas, R/O Village - Dasisban, P.S. Barh, District - Patna .... .... Petitioner/s Versus The State of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== With Criminal Miscellaneous No. 36273 of 2012 ====================================================== 1. Sanoj Ravidas, S/O Nankhu Ravidas, Resident of Village- Tanitar, P. S. - Khushrupur, Dist.- Patna 2. Dilip Ravidas, S/O Nankhu Ravidas, Resident of Village - Tanitar, P.S.- Khushrupur, Dist.- Patna .... .... Petitioner/s Versus The State of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE GOPAL PRASAD ORAL ORDER 4 05-11-2012 Heard learned counsel for the petitioners and learned counsel for the State. This is a petition for grant of regular bail in a case under [STATUTE] as well as Section 27 of the Arms Act. There is allegation that 15 persons assaulted the informant’s son by means of Bhala, Garasa, pistol and sword. The specific allegation is that Manoj Ravidas came and fired at the temporal region on the informant’s son Ashok, Sanoj gave a Bhala blow on the left head, Arvind also gave a Bhala blow on the right side of head and Budhan, Makhsudan and Dilip also gave a Bhala, Garasa and Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.30130 of 2012 (4) dt.05-11-2012 sword blow by which he succumbed to injury. So far petitioner no. 2, Dilip Ravidas, of Cr. Misc. No. 36273 of 2012 and petitioner, Rabindra Ravidas, of Cr. Misc. No. 30130 of 2012 are concerned, there are general and omnibus allegations against them, hence, they are ordered to be released on bail 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 Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate, Patna City (Patna) in connection with Khushrupur P. S. Case No. 24 of 2012. So far petitioner no. 1, Sanoj Ravidas of Cr. Misc. No. 36273 of 2012 is concerned, there is specific allegation against him to have assaulted by Bhala on head of the deceased having corresponding injury on parietal region. Hence, I am not inclined to grant bail to petitioner no. 1 of Cr. Misc. No. 36273 of 2012. Accordingly, his prayer for bail is rejected. Kundan/- (Gopal Prasad, 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.