Case Facts:
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.14040 of 2012 ====================================================== Harendra Sahni .... .... Petitioner/s Versus The State Of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE DINESH KUMAR SINGH ORAL ORDER 02/ 20-04-2012 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] . The accusation is of making assault to the father-in-law, uncle-in-law and husband of the informant by seven accused persons including the petitioner. Subsequently father-in-law of the informant succumbed to the injuries. It is submitted by learned counsel for the petitioner that accusation is not specific and during land dispute the accusation has been levelled. It appears that Sapan Sah and another have Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.14040 of 2012 (2) dt.20-04-2012 2/2 been granted regular bail by this Court vide Cr. Misc. No. 43089 of 2011, I see no reason for the learned court below not to give same privilege to the petitioner if the petitioner surrenders before the learned court below within a period of six weeks from today in connection with Kesariya P.S. Case No. 102 of 2011 pending in the court of learned Chief Judicial Magistrate, East Champaran at Motihari. 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.