Case Facts:
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.4062 of 2012 ====================================================== 1. Gajendra Singh 2. Ram Swarath Singh. .... .... Petitioner/s Versus The State Of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE DINESH KUMAR SINGH ORAL ORDER 2 09-02-2012 Heard learned counsels for the petitioner, informant and the State. The petitioners are apprehending their arrest in connection with Sahiyara P.S. Case No. 95 of 2010 registered for the offences punishable under [STATUTE] pending in the court of learned Chief Judicial Magistrate, Sitamarhi. It is alleged against the petitioners that they assaulted the informant with the iron rod. It is submitted by learned counsel for the petitioners that they are on police bail. In that view of the matter, the anticipatory bail application of the petitioners is not maintainable. Let the learned Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.4062 of 2012 (2) dt.09-02-2012 2 / 2 2 court below pass an appropriate order with regard to the regular bail of the petitioners if the petitioner surrenders within a period of six weeks keeping in view of the ratio laid down in Mahendra Prasad Singh Vs. State of Bihar, reported in 2004(3), PLJR 491. With the above observation, the application is, accordingly, disposed off. Let the order be transmitted to the learned court below through fax at the cost of the petitioners. 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.