Case Facts:
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.4741 of 2012 ====================================================== 1. Lalita Devi W/O Bishundeo Mehta Resident Of Village- Sahuria, P.S.- Janki Nagar, District- Purnea 2. Mina Devi W/O Om Prakash Mehta Resident Of Village- Sahuria, P.S.- Janki Nagar, District- Purnea 3. Bishundeo Mehta S/O Late Nunulal Mehta Resident Of Village- Sahuria, P.S.- Janki Nagar, District- Purnea 4. Bindeshwari Mehta S/O Late Nunulal Mehta Resident Of Village- Sahuria, P.S.- Janki Nagar, District- Purnea 5. Om Prakash Mehta @ Gulten Mehta S/O Bindeshwari Mehta Resident Of Village- Sahuria, P.S.- Janki Nagar, District- Purnea 6. Bilat Mehta S/O Bindeshwari Mehta Resident Of Village- Sahuria, P.S.- Janki Nagar, District- Purnea 7. Buchi Mehta S/O Bindeshwari Mehta Resident Of Village- Sahuria, P.S.- Janki Nagar, District- Purnea 8. Bikash Mehta S/O Bindeshwari Mehta Resident Of Village- Sahuria, P.S.- Janki Nagar, District- Purnea .... .... Petitioner/s Versus 1. The State Of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE DINESH KUMAR SINGH ORAL ORDER 02/ 16.02.2012 Heard learned counsels for the petitioners and the State. The petitioners are apprehending their arrest in a case registered for the offences punishable under [STATUTE] . The accusation is of making assault. It is submitted by learned counsel for the petitioners that the injury has been found to be simple. There is counter version of the occurrence also. Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.4741 of 2012 (2) dt.16-02-2012 2/2 Considering the aforesaid facts, let the above named petitioners be released on anticipatory bail in the event of their arrest or surrender before the learned court below within a period of twelve weeks from today, 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, Purnea in connection with Jankinagar P.S. Case No. 91 of 2011, subject to the conditions as laid down under Section 438(2) of the Cr.P.C. DKS/ (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.