Case Facts:
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.2121 of 2012 ====================================================== Shiv Shankar Sharma & Ors. .... .... Petitioner/s Versus The State Of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE DINESH KUMAR SINGH ORAL ORDER (Per: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE DINESH KUMAR SINGH) 2 23-01-2012 Heard learned counsels for the petitioners, informant and State. Petitioners are apprehending their arrest in a case registered for the offences under [STATUTE] . and Section 27 of the Arms Act. It is alleged that on the eve of election assault was made. The specific accusation is against Sanjeev Singh and Sachidanand Sharma. It appears that during investigation the police found the accusation under bailable provisions, but differing with the same, cognizance has been taken on 22.09.2011 under [STATUTE] . and Section 27 of the Arms Act also. Considering the fact that there is no specific accusation of assault against the petitioners and the police found the accusation only under bailable provisions, let the petitioners namely 1. Shiv Shankar Sharma 2. Pankaj Kumar 3. Mirtunjay Kumar 4. Niwas Kumar @ Niwas Singh 5. Ramakant Sharma 6. Satish Singh @ Satish Kumar 7. Sunil Sharma, 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, Gaya in connection with Khizersarai P.S. Case No. 70 of 2006. 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.