Case Facts:
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.28802 of 2012 ====================================================== Sanjay Rai .... .... Petitioner/s Versus The State Of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE DINESH KUMAR SINGH ORAL ORDER 2 14-08-2012 Petitioner being agnate of the informant is apprehending his arrest in a case registered for the offences punishable under [STATUTE] . Accusation of firing is against Nand Kumar Rai though firing did not cause any injury. It is alleged against this petitioner that he assaulted with iron rod causing fracture injury in the right hand of the informant. It is also alleged against Lal Babu Rai that he snatched wrist watch of the informant. It is submitted by learned counsel for the petitioner that there is no injury report on record which has been considered by learned Public Prosecutor which gets reflected from the impugned order. It is further submitted that petitioner’s side earlier lodged a case against the informant Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.28802 of 2012 (2) dt.14-08-2012 2 / 2 2 being Sonepur P.S. Case No. 157 of 2009. A statement has been made in para 7 of the petition that petitioner has no criminal antecedent. Considering the aforesaid facts, let the petitioner namely Sanjay Rai, in the event of his arrest or surrender before the Court below within a period of 12 weeks from today, be released on anticipatory bail on furnishing bail bond of Rs. 10,000/-(ten thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of learned Chief Judicial Magistrate, Saran at Chapra in connection with Sonepur P.S. Case No. 295 of 2010. Shageer/- (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.