Case Facts:
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.502 of 2012 ====================================================== Baikunth Singh @ Shashi Shekhar Singh .... .... Petitioner/s Versus The State Of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE DINESH KUMAR SINGH ORAL ORDER 3 15-02-2012 Heard learned counsels for the petitioner and the State. The petitioner is languishing in custody since 29.06.2011 in connection with Sessions Trial No. 275 of 2011 arising out of Madhepura P.S. Case No. 254 of 2011 registered under [STATUTE] and Section 27 of the Arms Act pending in the court of learned Additional Sessions Judge-cum-F.T.C.-V, Madhepura. Considering the fact that the petitioner is the sole assailant of his own brother, this Court is not inclined to grant bail to the petitioner. Accordingly, the application is rejected. 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.