Case Facts:
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.576 of 2012 ====================================================== Shankar Manjhi .... .... Petitioner/s Versus The State Of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE DINESH KUMAR SINGH ORAL ORDER 3 23-02-2012 Heard learned counsels for the petitioner and the State. The petitioner is languishing in custody since 15.09.2011 in connection with Ekma P.S. Case No. 102 of 2011 registered under [STATUTE] pending in the court of learned Chief Judicial Magistrate, Saran. It is alleged against the petitioner and one Ishwar Manjhi to have caused injury on the neck of the informant. The accusation gets corroborated from the injury report. It is submitted by learned counsel for the petitioner that since the victim had illicit relationship with the girl of the scheduled castes community hence the occurrence took place. Considering the nature of accusation, this Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.576 of 2012 (3) dt.23-02-2012 2 / 2 2 Court is not inclined to grant bail to the petitioner at present. Accordingly the prayer for bail is rejected. The petitioner is at liberty to renew his prayer for bail after framing of charge. 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.