Case Facts:
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.19964 of 2012 ====================================================== Jitendra Mistry S/O Rajendra Mistry Resident Of Village- Chamandi, P.S.- Kurtha, District- Arwal .... .... Petitioner/s Versus The State Of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE JYOTI SARAN ORAL ORDER 2 13-06-2012 Heard learned counsel appearing on behalf of the parties. The petitioner apprehends his arrest in connection with Kurtha P.S. Case No. 99 of 2010 for offence punishable under [STATUTE] . Learned counsel for the petitioner with reference to the allegation as set out in the F.I.R. placed at Annexure-1 of the application submits that except for the charge of being member of unlawful assembly, no specific overt act has been assigned to this petitioner although the allegation has been made as against the other co-accused of assault. Regard being had to the submission of learned counsel and having perused the material on record, let the petitioner named above in the event of his arrest or surrender Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.19964 of 2012 (2) dt.13-06-2012 2 within four weeks from the date of receipt/production of a copy of this order be released on bail on furnishing bail bond of Rs. 10, 000/- (ten thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of Chief Judicial Magistrate, Jehanabad, in Kurtha P.S. Case No. 99 of 2010, subject to the condition as laid down under Section 438(2) of the Code of Criminal Procedure. Ravi/- (Jyoti Saran, 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.