Case Facts:
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.22859 of 2012 ====================================================== Sri Kant Kumar @ Shree Kant Kumar & Os. .... .... Petitioners. Versus The State Of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party. ====================================================== with Criminal Miscellaneous No.23013 of 2012 ====================================================== Shyamdeo Yadav .... .... Petitioner. Versus The State Of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party. ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE DINESH KUMAR SINGH ORAL ORDER 2 29-06-2012 Heard learned counsels for the petitioners, informant and the State. The petitioners are apprehending their arrest in a case registered for the offences punishable under [STATUTE] . The accusations are of demanding extortion Rs. 50,000/-, making assault and committing theft. It is submitted that for bonafide land dispute occurrence took place whereas there is counter version of occurrence also. Three persons have been injured by the informant’s side and petitioner’s sides have also received injuries. Learned counsel for the informant submits Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.22859 of 2012 (2) dt.29-06-2012 2 / 2 2 that accusation is of demand of extortion and injury is on vital part of body. Considering the fact that both sides received injuries and the injuries have been found to be simple, let the petitioners, Sri Kant Kumar @ Shreekant Kumar, Amrendra Kumar, Umesh Yadav, Mahesh Yadav, Ramesh Yadav and Shyamdeo Yadav, be released on bail in the event of arrest or surrender before the learned court below within a period of twelve weeks from today in connection with Makhdumpur P.S. Case No. 32 of 2012 on furnishing bail bond of Rs.10,000/-(Ten Thousand) each with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of the learned C.J.M. Jehanabad, subject to the conditions as laid down under Section 438(2) of the Code of Criminal Procedure. U.K./- (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.