Case Facts:
Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.39389 of 2011 (3) dt.07-02-2012 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.39389 of 2011 ====================================================== Amit Kumar S/O Upendr Ram R/O Village - Chitragupta Nagar, District - Khagaria .... .... Petitioner Versus The State Of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE JYOTI SARAN ORAL ORDER 03. 07-02-2012 Heard the parties. The petitioner is in custody in connection with Khagaria (Chitragupta Nagar) P.S. Case No. 70 of 2011 for offence punishable under [STATUTE] . The allegation against this petitioner is of assaulting the informant and one Sanni Kumar on their scalp by iron rod. The allegation finds support from the injury report found at paragraph 80 and 88 of the case diary with the injury on Sanni Kumar found to be grievous. In that view of the matter, I am not inclined to allow the prayer of the petitioner and it is accordingly rejected. The application is dismissed. S.Sb/- (Jyoti Saran, 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.