Case Facts:
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.6920 of 2012 ====================================================== 1. Baby Devi, wife of Jitendra Yadav 2. Gita Devi, 3. Sabita Devi, 4. Baby Devi, wife of Sri Sargan Yadav .... .... Petitioner/s Versus The State Of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE DINESH KUMAR SINGH ORAL ORDER 2 07-03-2012 Heard learned counsels for the petitioners and the State. The petitioners are apprehending arrest in a case registered under [STATUTE] and section 27 of the Arms Act. The accusation of assault has been levelled against Jitendra Yadav, Satyendra Yadav, Pappu Yadav and Upendra Yadav. The petitioners are the agnates of the informant and having enmity from before. It is submitted on behalf of the petitioners that the petitioners are female and there is no specific accusation of assault against them. Considering the aforesaid facts, let the above named petitioners, 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 Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.6920 of 2012 (2) dt.07-03-2012 2 / 2 2 thousand) each with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of the learned Chief Judicial Magistrate, Nalanda at Biharsharif in connection with Rahui (Bhagan Bigha) P.S. Case No. 277/2011 subject to the conditions as laid down under Section 438(2) Cr.P.C. Anil/- (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.