Case Facts:
Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.7047 of 2012 (2) dt.12-03-2012 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.7047 of 2012 ====================================================== Sujeet Kumar @ Sujeet Prasad .... .... Petitioner/s Versus The State Of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance : For the Petitioner/s : Mr. For the Opposite Party/s : Mr. ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE DINESH KUMAR SINGH ORAL ORDER 2 12-03-2012 Heard learned counsels for the petitioner and the State. The petitioner is apprehending his arrest in a case registered under [STATUTE] . The accusation is of performing second marriage after the death of the mother of the informant and on alleged date of occurrence, the petitioner is alleged to have put cloths in the mouth of the informant. It is submitted by learned counsel for the petitioner that there is no injury caused on the person of the informant. It is further submitted that the petitioner has clean antecedent. Considering the aforesaid submissions, let the above named petitioner, be released on anticipatory bail, in the event of his 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)each with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of Chief Judicial Magistrate, Patna Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.7047 of 2012 (2) dt.12-03-2012 in Buddha Colony P.S.case No.276 of 2009, subject to the conditions as laid down under Section 438(2) of the Cr.P.C. B.Kr./- (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.