Case Facts:
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.42941 of 2011 Bilo Yadav, S/O Late Misri Yadav, R/O Village-Karhara, P.S Shalkhua (O.P- Chiraiya), District- Saharsa, At present resident of village-Sonpura (Goriya Tola), P.S. Simri Bakhtiyarpur, District- Saharsa. …..Petitioner. Versus The State of Bihar : ….. Opposite Party. ---------------------------------- 02- 10.1.2012 Heard the Parties. The petitioner is in custody in connection with Salkhua P.S. Case No.114 of 2011 for offences punishable under [STATUTE] and under section 24 of the Cattle Trespass Act. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the only allegation against the petitioner is of assaulting the informant by a lathi on his hand and which left it broken. Learned counsel submits that the police after investigation has submitted charge-sheet under [STATUTE] and section 24 of the Cattle Trespass Act. Regard being had to the circumstances and submission of learned counsel for the petitioner let the petitioner, namely, Bilo Yadav be released on bail on furnishing bail bonds of Rs.10,000/- (ten thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of the learned Chief Judicial Magistrate., Saharsa in connection with Salkhua P.S. Case No.114 of 2011. (Jyoti Saran, J.) S.K.Pathak/

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.