Case Facts:
Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.43553 of 2012 (2) dt.11-12-2012 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.43553 of 2012 ====================================================== Rajeev Raj Hans .... .... Petitioner/s Versus The State Of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance : For the Petitioner/s : Mr. Tarun Prasad Mandal, Advocate For the State : Mr. B.P.Singh, APP ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE CHAKRADHARI SHARAN SINGH ORAL ORDER 2 11-12-2012 Heard Mr. Tarun Pd. Mandal, learned counsel for the petitioner and Mr. B.P. Singh, learned Additional Public Prosecutor for the State. This application is for grant of regular bail in connection with Nathnagar ( Lalmatiya) P.S. case No. 143 of 2012 instituted for the alleged offences punishable under various Sections of the Indian Penal Code including [STATUTE] . As per the First Information Report on the alleged date of occurrence i.e. 13.8.2012 the petitioner along with 7-8 other persons came to the informant’s house and assaulted her and they also looted articles worth Rs.50,000/-. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits, referring to paragraph 7 of the bail application that petitioner and the husband of the informant are full brother and because of the pending Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.43553 of 2012 (2) dt.11-12-2012 dispute of share in the family property, the present case has been instituted. He submits that Title Suit No. 49 of 2004 is pending in that regard and that on the basis of the allegation no case is made out under [STATUTE] . In view of the aforesaid facts and the submissions made on behalf of the petitioner, let the petitioner Rajeev Raj Hans be released on bail on furnishing bail bond of Rs. 10,000/-(ten thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of the learned Chief Judicial Magistrate, Bhagalpur in connection with Nathnagar ( Lalmatiya) P.S. case No. 143 of 2012. Arun Kumar/- (Chakradhari Sharan 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.