Case Facts:
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.408 of 2012 ====================================================== Sohil .... .... Petitioner/s Versus The State Of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== 2 10-01-2012 Heard learned counsels for the petitioners and the State. The petitioner being the brother-in-law of the informant is apprehending his arrest in connection with Jokihat P.S. Case No. 142 of 2011 registered under [STATUTE] and Section 27 of the Arms Act pending in the court of learned Chief Judicial Magistrate, Araria. The accusation is of causing firearm injury on the chest of the informant and on the right thumb of his father. It is submitted by learned counsel for the petitioner that both sides have settled the dispute. Considering the fact that grievous injury was caused, this Court is not inclined to grant anticipatory bail to the petitioner, however let the learned court below consider the regular bail of the petitioner keeping in view that the informant has retracted from his initial version. With the above observation, this application is, accordingly, disposed off. Amrendra Kumar/- (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.