Case Facts:
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.28601 of 2012 ====================================================== Surendra Mahto .... .... Petitioner/s Versus The State Of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE DINESH KUMAR SINGH ORAL ORDER 2 13-08-2012 Petitioner is apprehending his arrest in a case registered for the offences punishable under [STATUTE] . Accusation is of attempting to establish forceful physical relationship and when informant raised alarm then petitioner poured acid on her head. It is submitted by learned counsel for the petitioner that petitioner being neighbour has falsely been implicated when there is no injury report on record nor any injury has been caused. It is further submitted that even assuming the accusation, at best the case under [STATUTE] . is made out. A statement has been made in para 12 of the petition that petitioner has no criminal antecedent. Considering the same, let the petitioner namely Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.28601 of 2012 (2) dt.13-08-2012 2 / 2 2 Surendra Mahto, in the event of his arrest or surrender before the Court below within a period of 12 weeks from today, be released on anticipatory bail on furnishing bail bond of Rs. 10,000/-(ten thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of learned Chief Judicial Magistrate, Saran, Chapra in connection with Bheldi P.S. Case No. 25 of 2012. The bail bond of the petitioner will be accepted on filing affidavit that petitioner will make himself available in the investigation. Let the aforesaid affidavit be transmitted to the concerned I.O. by learned Court below. Shageer/- (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.