Case Facts:
Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.14178 of 2012 (2) dt.18-04-2012 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.14178 of 2012 ====================================================== Deepak Singh @ Deepak Kumar Singh .... .... Petitioner/s Versus The State Of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== with Criminal Miscellaneous No.14318 of 2012 ====================================================== Ajay Sah@Ajay Shankar Sah .... .... Petitioner/s Versus The State Of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE DINESH KUMAR SINGH ORAL ORDER 2 18-04-2012 Heard learned counsels for the petitioners and the State. The petitioners are apprehending arrest in a case registered for the offences under [STATUTE] . Subsequently [STATUTE] and section 27 of the Arms Act were added. The case was instituted against unknown after six days of the occurrence. The name of the petitioners sprang up during investigation as identified by the father of the victim. It is submitted that there was no occasion for the petitioners not being named in the FIR had they been identified by any of the witness or the family members but the FIR was lodged only after the death of the victim. Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.14178 of 2012 (2) dt.18-04-2012 Considering the delayed lodging of the FIR, that too against unknown and others having been granted anticipatory bail , let the above named 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 Addl. Chief Judicial Magistrate, Rosera in connection with Hasanpur P.S. Case No. 139 of 2010 subject to the conditions as laid down under Section 438(2) Cr.P.C. Anil/- (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.