Case Facts:
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.30811 of 2012 ====================================================== Gunjan Choudhary @ Gunjan Kumar .... .... Petitioner/s Versus The State Of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE DINESH KUMAR SINGH ORAL ORDER 02/ 21-09-2012 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 27 of the Arms Act. It is alleged against the petitioner to have caused firearm injury on the hand of the informant when Shambhu Choudhary caused injury on the chest. It is submitted by learned counsel for the petitioner that for the occurrence of 31.10.2010 the FIR was registered on 09.11.2010. The delayed lodging of the case is a good ground for consideration of regular bail, if the petitioner surrenders before the learned court below Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.30811 of 2012 (2) dt.21-09-2012 2/2 within a period of six weeks from today in connection with Munger (Muffasil) P.S. Case No. 214 of 2010 pending in the court of learned CJM, Munger. With the aforesaid observation, this application is disposed of. Let the order be transmitted to the learned court below through fax at the cost of the petitioner. 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.