Case Facts:
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.42374 of 2012 ====================================================== Pawan Paswan .... .... Petitioner. Versus The State Of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party. ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE DINESH KUMAR SINGH ORAL ORDER 2 07-12-2012 Heard learned counsels for the petitioner and the State. The petitioner is apprehending his arrest in a case registered for the offences punishable under [STATUTE] . It is alleged that the informant was going to his house after closing his betel shop when some persons came and took the informant also at the petrol pump where some scuffle took place between the informant’s associates and the staff of petrol pump when one of the associates of the informant resorted to fire at the staff of the petrol pump causing injury when the informant was assaulted. It is submitted that the petitioner being the staff of the petrol pump earlier lodged a case being Obra P.S. Case No. 216 of 2009 when making accusation under [STATUTE] . and 25(1- Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.42374 of 2012 (2) dt.07-12-2012 2 / 2 2 b)a, 27 and 35 of the Arms Act hence the petitioner has falsely been roped in the present case when accusation is not specific against the petitioner. Let the learned court below consider regular bail of the petitioner if he surrenders within a period of six weeks from the date of receipt of copy of this order in connection with Obra P.S. Case No. 217 of 2009 pending in the court of the learned C.J.M. Aurangabad. With this observation, the application is disposed off. Let the order be faxed to the learned court below at the cost of the petitioner. U.K./- (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.