Case Facts:
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.1493 of 2012 ====================================================== Ramanand Sharma .... .... Petitioner/s Versus The State Of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE DINESH KUMAR SINGH ORAL ORDER 3 19-03-2012 Heard learned counsels for the petitioner and the State. The petitioner is apprehending arrest in connection with Kako P.S. Case No. 130 of 2011 registered for the offences punishable under [STATUTE] pending in the court of learned Chief Judicial Magistrate, Jehanabad. The accusation is of assaulting the informant being the Police Officer. It is submitted by learned counsel for the petitioner that the petitioner being the Ex-mukhiya is the resident of different village and no injury has been caused to the informant. Considering the criminal antecedent of the petitioner, this Court is not inclined to grant anticipatory bail to the petitioner. Let the learned courts below consider the regular bail of the petitioner, if the petitioner surrenders within a period of six Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.1493 of 2012 (3) dt.19-03-2012 2/ 2 weeks keeping in view that no injury has been caused to the informant. With the above observation, this application is, accordingly, disposed off. Let the order be transmitted to the learned court below through fax at the cost of the petitioner. Amrendra/- (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.