Case Facts:
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.3868 of 2012 ====================================================== Rajeev Raushan @ Banti .... .... Petitioner/s Versus The State Of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== 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 his arrest in a case registered under [STATUTE] . The F.I.R. was lodged against one Rajesh Prasad alleged to have thrown acid causing burnt injury to five persons. It is submitted by learned counsel for the petitioner that in the F.I.R. the father’s name of the accused has been mentioned as Chandeshwar Prasad subsequently, the police found the accusation false and submitted final form in the year 2009, thereafter the protest petition was filed when the cognizance has been taken against Rajesh Prasad son of Chandeshwar Prasad whereas the petitioner claims his name to be Rajeev Raushan @ Banti son of Chandrakeshwar Prasad and on protest after several Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.3868 of 2012 (2) dt.06-02-2012 2 / 2 2 years of the institution of the case the cognizance has been taken. Considering the aforesaid facts, let the above named petitioner be released on anticipatory bail in the event of his arrest or surrender before the learned court below within a period of twelve weeks from today, on furnishing the bail bond of Rs. 10,000/- (ten thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of learned Judicial Magistrate, 1st Class, Siwan in connection with Siwan Muffasil P.S. Case No. 130 of 2004 corresponding to Complaint Case No. C-2194 of 2006 subject to the conditions as laid down under Section 438(2) of the Cr. P.C. Amrendra/- (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.