Case Facts:
Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.30310 of 2012 (2) dt.06-08-2012 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No. 30310 of 2012 ====================================================== Shailesh Bhagat .... .... Petitioner/s Versus The State of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE GOPAL PRASAD ORAL ORDER 2 06-08-2012 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned counsel for the State. This is a petition for grant of regular bail in a case under [STATUTE] and ¾ of the Dowry Prohibition Act. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the petitioner is in jail since 23.05.2012 but instead of this he has also filed a petition for divorce. However, no maintenance has been fixed in this case and he is ready to pay Rs.500/- per month. Hence, having regard to the facts and circumstances of the case, the petitioner above named is ordered to be released on bail on 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, Siwan in connection with Asaon P. S. Case No. 05 of 2012, subject to the condition Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.30310 of 2012 (2) dt.06-08-2012 that the petitioner shall pay Rs.500/- per month as maintenance till any higher maintenance is decided by the competent court. Further, if the complainant files petition for right of maintenance under the Domestic Violence Act then the court below shall fix maintenance as per his discretion and further subject to the condition that the petitioner shall appear in the case on each and every date fixed by the court below and any absence of the petitioner on two consecutive dates shall itself be a ground for cancellation of bail bond of the petitioner by the court below itself and the trial shall proceed on day to day basis. Kundan/- (Gopal Prasad, 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.