Case Facts:
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.3567 of 2012 ====================================================== Om Prakash Rai@Bitu .... .... Petitioner/s Versus The State Of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance : For the Petitioner/s : Mr. Yashraj Bardhan, Advocate For the Opposite Party/s : Mr. Aslok Kumar, A.P.P. ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE DINESH KUMAR SINGH ORAL ORDER 3 23-02-2012 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and the State. The petitioner is languishing in custody since 20.12.2011 in a case registered for the offence punishable under [STATUTE] and section 3 (1((x) SC/ST (P.O.A.)Act. It is alleged against the petitioner that he gave iron rod blow on the head of the wife of the informant and pressed her abdomen by his leg and also taken away her Mangal Sutra and other jewelleries. It is submitted by the learned counsel for the petitioner that simple injury has been caused and that too has been obtained subsequent to the occurrence. Considering the nature of accusation and the injury, Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.3567 of 2012 (3) dt.23-02-2012 2 / 2 2 let the above named petitioner be released on bail on furnishing bail bond of Rs. 10,000/- (ten thousand) with two sureties of like amount each to the satisfaction of Chief Judicial Magistrate, Saran at Chhapra, in Gorkha P.S. Case no. 156 of 2011. M.Rahman/- (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.