Case Facts:
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.16023 of 2012 ====================================================== Sheela Devi .... .... Petitioner/s Versus The State Of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE DINESH KUMAR SINGH ORAL ORDER 2 03-05-2012 Petitioner is apprehending his arrest in a case registered for the offences punishable under [STATUTE] . and Section 27 of the Arms Act. Accusation is of causing fire arm injury by two unknown persons. The name of the petitioner subsequently sprang up on the statement of one of the injured, after fourteen days of the occurrence. It is submitted by learned counsel for the petitioner that due to political rivalry the petitioner has been named when the other accused Ram Briksh Yadav against whom there is specific accusation, has been granted regular bail by this Court vide Cr. Misc. No. 39762 of 2011. I see no reason for learned Court below not to give the same privilege to the petitioner, if the petitioner surrenders within a period of six weeks in connection with Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.16023 of 2012 (2) dt.03-05-2012 2 / 2 2 Ladaniya P.S. Case No. 44 of 2011, pending in the Court of learned Chief Judicial Magistrate, Madhubani. With the observations above, the application stands disposed off. Let the order of this Court be transmitted through FAX to the learned Court below at the cost of the petitioner. 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.