Case Facts:
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.6178 of 2012 ====================================================== Guddu Prasad @ Guddu Kumar @ Rama Anuj Kumar .... .... Petitioner/s Versus The State Of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE DINESH KUMAR SINGH ORAL ORDER 2 06-03-2012 Heard learned counsels for the petitioner and the State. The petitioner is apprehending arrest in a case registered for the offences punishable under [STATUTE] and section 27 of the Arms Act. The accusation against the petitioner and others is to have made indiscriminate firing on the brother of the informant who subsequently succumbed to the injuries. It is submitted on behalf of the petitioner that the petitioner is a student and during the course of investigation, the witnesses have not supported the prosecution version. Considering the facts and circumstances of the case, this court is not inclined to grant anticipatory bail to the petitioner in Kashichak P.S. Case no. 49 of 2005 pending in the court of C.J.M. Nawada. Prayer for anticipatory bail is rejected. Anil/- (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.