Case Facts:
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.3779 of 2012 ====================================================== Vedvyas Koiri @ Ved Vyas Singh Maurya .... .... Petitioner/s Versus The State Of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance : For the Petitioner/s : Mr. Arbind Nath Pandey, Advocate For the Opposite Party/s : Mr. Ansarul Haque, APP ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE DINESH KUMAR SINGH ORAL ORDER 2 06-02-2012 Heard learned counsels for the petitioner and the State. The petitioner is apprehending arrest in a case registered under [STATUTE] and section 27 of the Arms Act. It is alleged that the petitioner along with his associates attacked the village and resorted to firing. Cross firing by the villagers is admitted by the informant. It is submitted on behalf of the petitioner that no injury has been caused to any one and the petitioner has no criminal antecedent. Statements have been made in the petition that the investigation is pending and that the informant has subsequently retracted from the original version so far as the petitioner is concerned. Considering the aforesaid facts, let the above named Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.3779 of 2012 (2) dt.06-02-2012 2 / 2 2 petitioner be released on anticipatory bail in the event of arrest or surrender before the learned Court below within a period of 12 weeks from today on furnishing bail bond of Rs. 10,000/- (ten thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of the learned Chief Judicial Magistrate, Kaimur at Bhabua in connection with Adhoura P.S. Case No. 12 /2003 subject to the conditions as laid down under Section 438(2) Cr.P.C. Anil/- (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.