Case Facts:
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.14391 of 2012 ====================================================== Navin Kumar Rai @ Tunnu Rai .... .... Petitioner/s Versus The State Of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE DINESH KUMAR SINGH ORAL ORDER 02/ 23-04-2012 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] , 27 of the Arms Act and 3(ii) (v) of SC/ST (Prevention of Atrocities) Act. The accusation against the petitioner is of causing firearm injury to the deceased. It is submitted by learned counsel for the petitioner that the accusation has been falsely levelled in the background of serious land dispute and the petitioner owned Panchayat elections defeating the nephew of the informant and further during investigation it has surfaced that the independent witnesses suggested that the Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.14391 of 2012 (2) dt.23-04-2012 2/2 petitioner reached at the place of occurrence after the occurrence. In view of this Court, all these points are good ground for consideration of regular bail by the learned court below if the petitioner surrenders before the learned court below within a period of six weeks from today in connection with Hajipur Sadar P.S. Case No. 363 of 2011 pending in the court of Chief Judicial Magistrate, Vaishali at Hajipur. 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.