Case Facts:
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.21576 of 2012 ====================================================== 1. Tuntun Singh @ Bodyguard 2. Usha Devi .... .... Petitioner/s Versus The State Of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE DINESH KUMAR SINGH ORAL ORDER 03/ 02-08-2012 Heard learned counsels for the petitioners and the State. The petitioners are apprehending their arrest in a case registered for the offences punishable under [STATUTE] . It is alleged against petitioner no. 1 to have caused garasa injury on the head of the informant whereas it is alleged against petitioner no. 2 to have made assault with fists and slaps to the wife of the informant and snatched gold chain. It is submitted by learned counsel for the petitioners that the injury has been found to be simple caused by hard and blunt substance. This Court is not inclined to grant Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.21576 of 2012 (3) dt.02-08-2012 2/2 anticipatory bail to petitioner no. 1. Let the learned court below consider the regular bail of petitioner no. 1 without being prejudiced by the order of this Court. Considering the nature of accusation, let the above named petitioner no. 2 be released on anticipatory bail in the event of her arrest or surrender before the learned court below within a period of twelve weeks from today, 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, Banka in connection with Amarpur P.S. Case No. 199 of 2011, subject to the conditions as laid down under Section 438(2) of the Cr.P.C. DKS/ (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.