Case Facts:
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.23015 of 2012 ====================================================== Pratap Kumar @ Pratap Yadav .... .... Petitioner/s Versus The State Of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE DINESH KUMAR SINGH ORAL ORDER 2 03-07-2012 Heard learned counsels for the petitioner and the State. The petitioner being the nephew of the husband of the deceased is apprehending arrest in a case registered for the offences punishable under [STATUTE] and Section 3/4 of the Dowry Prohibition Act. It is alleged that Lala Yadav pored kerosene oil on the victim when Rakesh Yadav lit the fire. It appears that subsequently, the victim succumbed to the injury. It is submitted by learned counsel for the petitioner that [STATUTE] has not been added till date and there is counter case also and Lala Yadav, against whom specific overt act has been alleged, has been granted anticipatory bail vide Cr. Misc. No. 42822 of 2011 considering the fact that the place of occurrence has been doubted by the investigating agency. It is further submitted that there is no overt act alleged against this petitioner. Considering the fact that there is no specific overt act Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.23015 of 2012 (2) dt.03-07-2012 2/2 alleged against the petitioner and Lala Yadav, against whom, specific overt act has been alleged, has been granted anticipatory bail, let the above named petitioner be released on anticipatory bail, in the event of arrest or surrender before the learned Court below within a period of 12 weeks from today, on furnishing bail bond of Rs. 10,000/- (ten thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of the learned Chief Judicial Magistrate, Munger in connection with Jamalpur P.S. Case No. 69 of 2011, subject to the conditions as laid down under Section 438(2) Cr.P.C. 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.