Case Facts:
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.20854 of 2012 ====================================================== Ritesh Mandal & Anr. .... .... Petitioners. Versus The State Of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party. ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE DINESH KUMAR SINGH ORAL ORDER 2 25-06-2012 Heard the learned counsels for the petitioners and the State. The petitioners are apprehending their arrest in a case registered for the offences punishable under [STATUTE] and 27 of the Arms Act. The specific accusation is of causing fire arm injury is against Kranti Mandal. Since petitioners are earlier involved in another session triable case, this Court is not inclined to interfere but since the petitioners are not assailants it is a fit case for consideration of regular bail if the petitioners surrender within a period of six weeks from the date of receipt of copy of this order in connection with Kashim Bazar P.S. Case No. 149 of 2011 pending in the court of the learned C.J.M., Munger. With this observation, the application is Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.20854 of 2012 (2) dt.25-06-2012 2 / 2 2 disposed off. Let the order be faxed to the learned court below at the cost of the petitioners. U.K./- (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.