Case Facts:
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.48995 of 2012 ====================================================== Bishundeo Rai .... .... Petitioner/s Versus The State Of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance : For the Petitioner : Mr. Awadhesh Kumar Singh For the Opposite Party : Mr. B. Ram (APP) ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE SHIVAJI PANDEY ORAL ORDER 3 18-12-2012 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and the learned Additional Public Prosecutor for the State. In this case the petitioner is praying for regular bail in connection with U.T. No. 3/12 Chapra Muffasil (Jalalpur) P.S. Case No. 195 of 1999 for offence under [STATUTE] . The petitioner was on bail but he remained absent for 7 years and after that he was declared absconder. The learned counsel for the petitioner submits that he is a man of about 100 years and he is not in a position to move and take proper steps in this case. Earlier sons were taken steps but later on they left. Looking to the age of the petitioner, let the above named petitioner be enlarged on bail on furnishing bail bond of Rs.10,000/- (ten thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of the Chief Judicial Magistrate, Saran Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.48995 of 2012 (3) dt.18-12-2012 2 (Chapra) in connection with U.T. No. 3/2012 Chapra Muffasil (Jalalpur) P.S. Case No. 195 of 1999. The petitioner is given liberty to take steps either himself or through lawyer, as the petitioner is aged about 100 years. S.S./- (Shivaji Pandey, 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.