Case Facts:
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.10637 of 2012 ====================================================== Anil Kumar Choudhary @ Anil Choudhary @ Santu .... .... Petitioner. Versus The State Of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party. ====================================================== with Criminal Miscellaneous No.13261 of 2012 ====================================================== Santosh Jha .... .... Petitioner. Versus The State Of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party. ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE DINESH KUMAR SINGH ORAL ORDER 2 02-04-2012 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] and 3, 4 and 5 of the Explosive Substances Act. While construction of road was going on, F.I.R. named accused persons came and exploded bombs which caused injury to the labourers. One Ajay Kumar Singh was apprehended on spot. The name of the petitioner sprang up in confession of co-accused after a month of occurrence. It is submitted that injury has been found Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.10637 of 2012 (2) dt.02-04-2012 2 / 2 2 to be simple and petitioners have no criminal antecedent and they were not named in the F.I.R. Considering the fact that name of the petitioners sprang up on confession of co-accused, 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 Garhpura P.S. Case No. 48 of 2011 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. Begusarai, 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.