Case Facts:
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.4725 of 2012 ====================================================== Pankaj Tanti @ Pankaj Kumar Tanti, Son of Sitaram Tanti, Resident of Village- Muzaffarganj, Police Station-Haveli Kharagpur, District-Munger. .... .... Petitioner. Versus The State of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party. ====================================================== Appearance : For the Petitioner : Mr. Anil Kumar Roy, Advocate. For the Opposite Party : Md. Sufiyan, APP. ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE SHYAM KISHORE SHARMA ORAL ORDER (Per: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE SHYAM KISHORE SHARMA) 2 01-02-2012 Heard learned Counsel for the petitioner and the State. The petitioner seeks bail in a case which has been registered under [STATUTE] and Section 27 of the Arms Act. It appears from the allegation that firing was exchanged between two sides and on account of that three persons were injured. Submission is that the petitioner is a man of fair antecedent and there was no intention at all to cause death of any person. Considering the facts and circumstances of the case, the above named petitioner is directed to be released on bail on Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.4725 of 2012 (2) dt.01-02-201 2/22 furnishing bail bond of Rs. 10,000/- (ten thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of the learned Chief Judicial Magistrate/court concerned, Munger in connection with Kharagpur Haweli P.S. Case No. 225 of 2011. KKSINHA/- (Shyam Kishore Sharma, 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.