Case Facts:
Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.2036 of 2012 (2) dt.03-02-2012 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.2036 of 2012 ====================================================== Vijay Mishra .... .... Petitioner. Versus The State Of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party. ====================================================== Appearance : For the Petitioner : Mr. M.K.Jha, Advocate. For the Opposite Party : Mr. Shardanand Jha, A.P.P. ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE DINESH KUMAR SINGH ORAL ORDER (Per: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE DINESH KUMAR SINGH) 2 03-02-2012 Heard learned counsels for the petitioner and the State. The petitioner is languishing in custody since 29.09.2011 in a case registered for the offence punishable under [STATUTE] . Subsequently, [STATUTE] . and 27 of the Arms Act were also added. The informant is admittedly not the eye witness to the occurrence as she came on hearing the sound of firing when she saw Sushil Thakur, Bambholi Jha and Devchandra Jha fleeing away from place of occurrence. It is submitted that the petitioner was not named in the F.I.R. but subsequently the deceased named the petitioner as a person who was obstructing the deceased’s servant from chasing Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.2036 of 2012 (2) dt.03-02-2012 the assailants. Considering the aforesaid facts, let the petitioner above named be released on bail on furnishing bail bond of Rs. 10,000/-(Ten Thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of the learned J.M. Ist Class, Jhanjharpur, District- Madhubani, in connection with Bhairabsthan P.S. Case No. 68 of 2006, G.R. No. 651 of 2006, T.R. No. 2118 of 2011. 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.