Case Facts:
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.38713 of 2012 ====================================================== Sanju Choudhary @ Sanjay Kumar Singh S/O Ram Narayan Singh @ Ram Narayan Choudhary Resident Of Village Badhaiya Bag, P.S- Sasaram, (Muffasil), District- Rohtas. .... .... Petitioner. Versus The State Of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party. ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE DINESH KUMAR SINGH ORAL ORDER 2 10-10-2012 Heard learned counsels for the petitioner and the State. The petitioner is apprehending his arrest in a case registered for the offences punishable under [STATUTE] , 27 of the Arms Act and 40(4) of the Bihar Minor Minerals Concession Rules, 1972. It is alleged that for conducting illegal mining, firing was resorted to between two groups. It is submitted that no injury has been caused to any one. Considering the aforesaid facts, let the petitioner, above named, be released on bail in the event of arrest or surrender before the learned court below within a period of twelve weeks from today in connection with Sasaram (Mufassil) P.S. Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.38713 of 2012 (2) dt.10-10-2012 2 / 2 2 Case No. 605 of 2012 on furnishing bail bond of Rs.10,000/-(Ten Thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of the learned C.J.M. Rohtas at Sasaram, subject to the conditions as laid down under Section 438(2) of the Code of Criminal Procedure. U.K./- (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.