Case Facts:
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.4547 of 2012 ====================================================== Deepak Mishra @ Deepak Kumar Mishra @ Golu Mishra .... .... Petitioner/s Versus The State Of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE DINESH KUMAR SINGH ORAL ORDER 2 16-02-2012 Heard learned counsels for the petitioner and the State. The petitioner is languishing in custody since 19.07.2011 in a case registered under [STATUTE] . It is alleged against the petitioner that he gave farsa blow on the head of the deceased. The post mortem report corroborates the injury. It appears that in the background of the serious land dispute the occurrence took place when one person from each side has been killed. The father of this petitioner was assaulted by Tej Narayan Mishra with lathi on the head and Tej Narayan Mishra has been granted bail which gets reflected from Annexure- 4. Considering the fact that the occurrence took Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.4547 of 2012 (2) dt.16-02-2012 2 / 2 2 place in the background of serious land dispute, let the above named petitioner be released on bail, 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, Gopalganj in connection with Kateya P.S. Case No. 156 of 2011. 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.