Case Facts:
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.30852 of 2012 ====================================================== 1. Shiv Poddar 2. Mantun Poddar 3. Vijay Poddar .... .... Petitioner/s Versus The State Of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== With Criminal Miscellaneous No.31619 of 2012 ====================================================== Bangali Sahni .... .... Petitioner/s Versus The State Of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== With Criminal Miscellaneous No.32202 of 2012 ====================================================== 1. Ram Binod ( Binod Sahni) 2. Jitendra Sahni @ Ram Pravesh Sahni 3. Mahavir Sahni .... .... Petitioner/s Versus The State Of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE DINESH KUMAR SINGH ORAL ORDER 2 29-08-2012 Petitioners are apprehending their arrest in a case registered for the offences punishable under [STATUTE] . and Section 5 of the Essential Services Act. It is alleged that on protest of a person being crushed in a road accident, 300-400 people pelted stones and Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.30852 of 2012 (2) dt.29-08-2012 2 / 3 2 damaged the police vehicle. It is submitted by learned counsel for the petitioners that accusation against the petitioners is general when admittedly no injury has been caused to the police personnel. A statement has been made in the petitions that petitioners have no criminal antecedent. Considering the aforesaid submissions, let the petitioners namely 1. Shiv Poddar 2. Mantun Poddar 3. Vijay Poddar 4. Bangali Sahni, in the event of their arrest or surrender before the Court below within a period of 12 weeks from today, be released on anticipatory bail on furnishing bail bond of Rs. 10,000/-(ten thousand) each with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of learned Chief Judicial Magistrate, Samastipur in connection with Samastipur Muffasil P.S. Case No. 93 of 2012. Since petitioners of Cr. Misc. No. 32202 of 2012 were on police bail, let learned Court below pass appropriate order with regard to regular bail of the petitioners 1. Ram Binod (Binod Sahni) 2. Jitendra Sahni @ Ram Pravesh Sahni 3. Mahavir Sahni, in view of the ratio laid down in the case of Mahendra Prasad Singh versus The State of Bihar reported in 2004(3) PLJR 491, provided that petitioners have not misused the privilege of bail. Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.30852 of 2012 (2) dt.29-08-2012 3 / 3 3 With the observations made above, the application with regard to petitioners of Cr. Misc. No. 32202 of 2012 stands disposed off. Let the order of this Court be transmitted through FAX to the learned Court below at the cost of the petitioners. 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.