Case Facts:
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.3834 of 2012 ====================================================== Vijay Yadav .... .... Petitioner/s Versus The State Of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE DINESH KUMAR SINGH ORAL ORDER 03/ 05-04-2012 Heard learned counsels for the petitioner and the State. The petitioner is apprehending his arrest in a case registered for the offences punishable under [STATUTE] and 3/4 of Witch Practices Act. The accusation against the petitioner is of assaulting with lathi on the head and another part of the body of the informant. The injury has been found to be grievous. This Court is not inclined to grant anticipatory bail to the petitioner in connection with Sherghati (Dobhi) P.S. Case No. 273 of 2011 pending in the court of learned Sub-divisional Judicial Magistrate, Sherghati, Gaya. Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.3834 of 2012 (3) dt.05-04-2012 2/2 This application is dismissed. DKS/ (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.