Case Facts:
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.42103 of 2012 ====================================================== Sunita Devi .... .... Petitioner/s Versus The State Of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE DINESH KUMAR SINGH ORAL ORDER 2 07-11-2012 The petitioner being the mother of the husband of the victim has renewed her prayer for anticipatory bail in Sadar P.S. Case No. 263 of 2011 registered for the offences punishable under [STATUTE] and Section 3/4 of the Dowry Prohibition Act pending in the court of learned Chief Judicial Magistrate, Muzaffarpur. Considering the specific accusation against the petitioner, her anticipatory bail application was rejected on 01.02.2012 vide Cr. Misc. No. 3249 of 2012. This Court is not inclined to revise the earlier order. Let the learned court below consider the regular bail of the petitioner if she surrenders within a period of six weeks keeping in view the fact that the petitioner is an old lady. Accordingly, the present application is disposed off with the above observations. Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.42103 of 2012 (2) dt.07-11-2012 2/2 Let the order be transmitted to the learned court below through fax at the cost of the petitioner. 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.