Case Facts:
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.37469 of 2011 ====================================================== Daya Shankar Singh @ Sonu Singh son of Baliram Singh, resident of village Kante, P.S. Brahampur, District Buxar (Bihar) .... .... Petitioner Versus The State of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party ====================================================== Appearance : For the Petitioner : Mr. Archana Meenakshi, Adv. For the Opposite Party : Mr. Jagdhar Prasad, A.P.P. ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE JYOTI SARAN ORAL ORDER 3 13-02-2012 Heard learned counsel for the parties. The petitioner is in custody in connection with Brahampur P.S. Case No. 112 of 2011 for the offences punishable under [STATUTE] and Section 27 of the Arms Act. The allegation against this petitioner and several others named in the F.I.R. is of forming an unlawful assembly and of assaulting the informant and his family members and in the process this petitioner has been charged with firing at one Daroga Singh which passed near his ear. Learned counsel for the petitioner has relied upon the restatement of the informant at paragraph 5 as also the statement of the Daroga Singh to submit that no gunshot injury was found on the person of the Daroga Singh. There is no injury report as regarding any injury suffered by Daroga Singh as a consequence of the gunshot fired by the petitioner. Regard being had to the submissions of learned counsel, let the petitioner namely, Daya Shankar Singh @ Sonu Singh be released on bail on Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.37469 of 2011 (4) dt.13-02-2012 2 furnishing bail bond of Rs.10,000/- with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of the learned Chief Judicial Magistrate, Buxar in connection with Brahampur P.S. Case No. 112 of 2011. Bibhash/- (Jyoti Saran, 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.