Case Facts:
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.10755 of 2012 ====================================================== Suresh Chaudhary @ Suresh Sahni .... .... Petitioner/s Versus The State Of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE DINESH KUMAR SINGH ORAL ORDER 2 04-04-2012 Petitioner is apprehending his arrest in a case registered for the offences punishable under [STATUTE] . and Section ¾ of the Prevention of Witchcraft Practices Act. The accusation against the petitioner is of giving farsa blow on the head of the informant. The accusation is being corroborated by the injury report of the doctor. This Court finds no reason to grant anticipatory bail to the petitioner. The application stands rejected in connection with Nautan P.S. Case No. 207 of 2010, pending in the Court of learned Chief Judicial Magistrate, Bettiah, West Champaran. 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.