Case Facts:
Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.43719 of 2011 (2) dt.01-02-2012 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.43719 of 2011 ====================================================== 1. Pundeo Sah, son of Rupa Sah. 2. Naresh Sah, son of Rupa Sah. 3. Suresh Sah, son of Rupa Sah. 4. Gajendra Sah, son of Khooblal Sah. .... .... Petitioner/s Versus The State Of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE AKHILESH CHANDRA ORAL ORDER (Per: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE AKHILESH CHANDRA) 2 01-02-2012 Heard learned counsel for the petitioners and learned Additional Public Prosecutor for the State. The petitioners are apprehending their arrest in connection with a case registered for the offence punishable under [STATUTE] , pending in the court of learned Judicial Magistrate, 1st Class, Sadar Motihari, East Champaran. After some arguments, learned counsel for the petitioner seeks permission to withdraw this application with a liberty to surrender before the court below within a fortnight on the ground that they were earlier granted privilege for minor offences but now charge-sheet has been submitted for graver offences, but court has taken cognizance for graver offences in view of the decisions of this Court in a case Mahendra Prasad Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.43719 of 2011 (2) dt.01-02-2012 Singh Vs. The State of Bihar reported in PLJR 2004 (3) 491. Permission is granted. Accordingly, this application stands disposed of as withdrawn. Devendra/- (Akhilesh Chandra, 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.