Case Facts:
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.12170 of 2012 ====================================================== 1. Balindra Sah 2. Amit Sah @ Amit Kumar. 3. Krishna Sah. .... .... Petitioner/s Versus The State Of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE DINESH KUMAR SINGH ORAL ORDER 2 09-04-2012 Heard learned counsels for the petitioner and the State. The petitioners are apprehending arrest in connection with Mehsi P.S. Case NO. 135 of 2011 registered for the offences punishable under [STATUTE] pending in the court of learned Chief Judicial Magistrate, Motihari. The accusation is of assault by knife on the neck and chest of the informant. The injury has been found 9” deep. It is submitted by learned counsel for the petitioners that the occurrence took place in the night and the informant has retracted from his initial version and has filed a petition to that effect before the learned court below. Considering the general accusation against three persons and retracted version of the informant, it is a fit case for consideration of regular bail. Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.12170 of 2012 (2) dt.09-04-2012 2/2 Let the learned court below consider the regular bail of the petitioners if the petitioners surrender within a period of six weeks. With the above observation, this application is, accordingly, disposed off. Let the order be transmitted to the learned court below through fax at the cost of the petitioners. Amrendra/- (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.