Case Facts:
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.35720 of 2012 ====================================================== 1. Jai Narain Das, Son of Late Sakhi Chandra Das. 2. Ganesh Das, Son of Hasif Das. 3. Rupan Das, Son of Ganesh Das. 4. Raju Das, Son of Ganesh Das. 5. Manoj Das, Son of Ganesh Das. 6. Kunti Devi, wife of Jai Narayan Das. 7. Sobha Devi, daughter of Ganesh Das. 8. Sima Devi, wife of Rupan Das. All residents of Village- Barharwa Kala, P.S. Kotwa, District-East Champaran. .... .... Petitioners. Versus The State Of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party. ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE DINESH KUMAR SINGH ORAL ORDER 2 20-09-2012 Heard learned counsels for the petitioners and the State. The petitioners are apprehending their arrest in a case registered for the offences punishable under [STATUTE] . It is alleged that the petitioner no. 5 inflicted Dab blow on the hands of the informant when the wife of the informant was assaulted by petitioner no. 2 by Farsa on the head when the nephew of the informant was also assaulted by Garasi and the house of the informant was set on fire by the accused persons. It is submitted that the injury has been Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.35720 of 2012 (2) dt.20-09-2012 2 / 2 2 found to be simple and in the background of land dispute accusation has been levelled and the informant is own brother of petitioner no.1. It is further submitted that for occurrence of 04.05.2012, F.I.R. was lodged on 13.05.2012. Considering delayed lodging of the case, let the petitioners above named be released on bail in the event of arrest or surrender before the learned court below within a period of twelve weeks from today in connection with Kotwa P.S. Case No. 127 of 2012 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 C.J.M. Motihari, East Champaran, subject to the conditions as laid down under Section 438(2) of the Code of Criminal Procedure. 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.