Case Facts:
Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.25394 of 2012 (2) dt.02-08-2012 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.25394 of 2012 ====================================================== 1. Jawahir Chaudhary, 2. Awadhesh Chaudhary, 3. Umesh Chaudhary .... .... Petitioner/s Versus The State Of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE DINESH KUMAR SINGH ORAL ORDER 2 02-08-2012 Heard learned counsels for the petitioners and the State. The petitioners are apprehending arrest in a case registered for the offences punishable under [STATUTE] and sections 25(1-b) a and 35 of the Arms Act. It is alleged that for the dispute with regard to payment of wages, the assault was made by lathi and brick bats when specific accusation is against Shankar Choudhary (non-petitioner) of putting the hutment on fire and from whose person the fire arm is alleged to have fell down at the place of occurrence. It is submitted that the accusation is general and omnibus against the accused persons and the petitioners have no criminal antecedent when there is counter version of the occurrence and both sides have received injuries. Considering the aforesaid facts, let the above named Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.25394 of 2012 (2) dt.02-08-2012 petitioners be released on anticipatory bail in the event of arrest or surrender before the learned Court below within a period of twelve weeks from today on furnishing bail bond of Rs. 10,000/- (ten thousand) each with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of learned Chief Judicial Magistrate, Gopalganj in connection with Majhagarh P.S. Case No. 42 of 2012 subject to the conditions as laid down under Section 438(2) Cr.P.C. Anil/- (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.