Case Facts:
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.308 of 2012 ====================================================== Sudarshan Kahar @ Sudarshan Singh .... .... Petitioner Versus The State Of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party ====================================================== 2 05-01-2012 Heard learned counsels for the petitioner and the State. The petitioner is apprehending his arrest in a case registered under [STATUTE] . It is alleged that three persons came and out of them one person caused firearm injury on the chest of the deceased and when the informant tried to catch one of them, Sanjay Yadav also caused firearm injury to the informant. 164 Cr.P.C. statement of the informant was subsequently recorded in which he specifically alleged that Manish caused firearm injury on the chest of the deceased. Though, the petitioner was named in the F.I.R., but it is also alleged that the petitioner was in league with the assailants. It is submitted by learned counsel for the State that earlier also the petitioner gave the threatening to the deceased. Considering the fact that there is no accusation of making assault by the petitioner, let the above named petitioner be released on anticipatory bail in the event of his arrest or surrender before the learned court below within a period of twelve weeks from today, on furnishing the bail bond of Rs. 10,000/- (ten thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of learned Chief Judicial Magistrate, Aurangabad in connection with Obra P.S. Case No. 153/2011 subject to the conditions as laid down under Section 438(2) of the Cr.P.C. Amrendra Kumar/- (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.