Case Facts:
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.12979 of 2012 ====================================================== Harendra Kishore Singh & Ors. .... .... Petitioner/s Versus The State Of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE DINESH KUMAR SINGH ORAL ORDER 2 16-04-2012 Petitioners being in-laws of the deceased husband of the informant are apprehending their arrest in a case registered for the offences punishable under [STATUTE] . Accusation is of kicking out the informant after death of her husband and attempting to kill her by setting her on fire. It is submitted by learned counsel for the petitioners that no injury was caused to the informant and petitioners’ side filed a petition before learned Court below that they have no objection allowing the informant to enjoy her share of property in the matrimonial house. Let petitioners file fresh affidavit to the effect before learned Court below, making specific averments that they will no way disturb the informant enjoying her share of Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.12979 of 2012 (2) dt.16-04-2012 2 / 2 2 property in the matrimonial house. Let the said affidavit be transmitted by learned Court below to the concerned Police Station and the informant. Considering the aforesaid facts, let the petitioners namely 1. Harendra Kishore Singh 2. Bachhi Devi 3. Rinki Devi 4. Rupesh Singh @ Buchun Singh, in the event of their arrest or surrender before the Court below within a period of 12 weeks from today, be released on anticipatory bail on furnishing bail bond of Rs. 10,000/-(ten thousand) each with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of learned Chief Judicial Magistrate, Motihari in connection with Gobindganj P.S. Case No. 217 of 2011. Shageer/- (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.