Case Facts:
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.33718 of 2012 ====================================================== Kamlesh Mishra .... .... Petitioner/s Versus The State Of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party/s Appearance :- For the petitioner : - Mr. Shailendra Pandey, Advocate For the State : - Mr. Uma Shankar Prasad Singh, APP ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE DINESH KUMAR SINGH ORAL ORDER 02/ 01-10-2012 Heard learned counsels for the petitioner and the State. The petitioner is apprehending his arrest in a case registered for the offences punishable under [STATUTE] . The accusation is of causing injury by spear. This Court is not inclined to interfere since the case was instituted in 2001. Accordingly, prayer for anticipatory bail of the petitioner is rejected in connection with Kotwa P.S. Case No. 115 of 2001 pending in the court of learned CJM, Motihari. DKS/ (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.