Case Facts:
Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.23636 of 2012 (3) dt.13-08-2012 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.23636 of 2012 ====================================================== Dhyani Ram .... .... Petitioner/s Versus The State Of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party/s CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE HEMANT KUMAR SRIVASTAVA ORAL ORDER 03/ 13.08.2012 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner as well as learned Addl. Public Prosecutor for the State. Petitioner is in jail custody since 2.4.2012 in a case initially, registered under [STATUTE] but later on, [STATUTE] was also added. Petitioner along with two others are named in the first information report and it is stated that petitioner and his associates assaulted the deceased and the informant. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that informant has received simple injury and so far as the deceased is concerned, he, too, sustained only one injury and it is not specific as to who caused the aforesaid injury to the deceased. Considering the aforesaid facts and circumstances as well as submissions of the parties, let the petitioner, Dhyani Ram, be released on bail on furnishing bail bonds of Rs 10,000/- with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of the Chief Judicial Magistrate, Gopalganj in Kuchaikote P.S. Case no. 56/2012. Shahid (Hemant Kumar Srivastava,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.