Case Facts:
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.21837 of 2012 ====================================================== Budhan Mahto & Anr. .... .... Petitioner/s Versus The State Of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE DINESH KUMAR SINGH ORAL ORDER 3 29-06-2012 Heard learned counsel for the petitioners and learned counsel for the State Mr. J.N.Thakur. Petitioners are apprehending their arrest in a case registered for the offences punishable under [STATUTE] . and Section 27 of the Arms Act. Accusation against the petitioners and others is of entering into the house of the informant and making assault. It is submitted by learned counsel for the petitioners that one sharp cut injury has been found which was found to be simple. A statement has been made in para 12 of the petition that petitioners have no criminal antecedent. Considering the aforesaid facts, let the petitioners namely 1. Budhan Mahto 2. Sudhan Mahto, in the event of their arrest or surrender before the Court below within a period Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.21837 of 2012 (3) dt.29-06-2012 2 / 2 2 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, Katihar in connection with Barari P.S. Case No. 209 of 2011. 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.