Case Facts:
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.24717 of 2012 ====================================================== Amar Nath Mandal @ Amarjit @ Amarjit Mandal .... .... Petitioner/s Versus The State Of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE DINESH KUMAR SINGH ORAL ORDER 2 23-07-2012 Petitioner is apprehending his arrest in a case registered for the offences punishable under [STATUTE] . and 27 of the Arms Act. The specific accusation against Pankaj Mandal is to have caused fire arm injury to the wife of the informant, who subsequently succumbed to the injury, when the accusation of assaulting the informant on his head is against Manoj Mandal whereas it is alleged against other accused to have committed theft. It is submitted by learned counsel for the petitioner that other similarly situated co-accused have been granted anticipatory bail vide Cr. Misc. No. 44425 of 2011. Considering the same, let the petitioner namely Amar Nath Mandal @ Amarjit @ Amarjit Mandal, in the event of Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.24717 of 2012 (2) dt.23-07-2012 2 / 2 2 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, Bhagalpur in connection with Kahalgaon(Ghogha) P.S. Case No. 368 of 2011. 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.