Case Facts:
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.42189 of 2012 ====================================================== 1. Sunil Yadav @ Sushil Yadav 2. Munna Yadav. 3. Laloo Yadav. 4. Rajesh Yadav. 5. Keshav Yadav. 6. Shimpa Devi. 7. Ahilya Devi. .... .... Petitioner/s Versus The State Of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE DINESH KUMAR SINGH ORAL ORDER 2 07-12-2012 Heard learned counsels for the petitioners and the State. The petitioners are apprehending arrest in a case registered for the offences punishable under [STATUTE] . The accusation is of making assault with the butt of the country made pistol and lathi to the informant and his father. The specific accusation against the petitioner no.4 is to have assaulted with sword on the neck of the informant when Prakash Yadav took Rs. 5,000/-. It is submitted by learned counsel for the petitioners that the injury has been found to be simple in nature when a statement has been made in para 9 of the petition that the petitioners have no criminal antecedent. Considering the aforesaid facts, let the above named Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.42189 of 2012 (2) dt.07-12-2012 2/2 petitioners be released on anticipatory bail, in the event 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, Banka in connection with Banka (Barahat) P.S. Case No. 159 of 2012, subject to the conditions as laid down under Section 438(2) Cr.P.C. Amrendra/- (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.