Case Facts:
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.4035 of 2012 ====================================================== Nand Kishore Patel .... .... Petitioner/s Versus The State Of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE DINESH KUMAR SINGH ORAL ORDER 2 13-02-2012 Heard learned counsels for the petitioner and the State. The petitioner is languishing in custody since 10.02.2011 in a case registered under [STATUTE] and Section 7 of the Essential Commodities Act. On information that some pulses were being smuggled to Nepal, the premises of Mantu Mishra and Sadhu Mishra were raided when the pulses were found loaded on the tractor but the mob of 60 people got released the tractor from the custody of the police. It is submitted by learned counsel for the petitioner that it was suspected against this petitioner that he was also indulged in the smuggling but no recovery has been made from his possession. Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.4035 of 2012 (2) dt.13-02-2012 2 / 2 2 Considering the aforesaid facts, let the above named petitioner be released on bail, on furnishing the bail bond of Rs. 10,000/- (ten thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of learned Chief Judicial Magistrate, Bettiah, West Champaran in connection with Inarwa P.S. Case No. 48 of 2011. 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.