Case Facts:
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.8958 of 2012 ====================================================== Rajiv Kumar @ Raju .... .... Petitioner/s Versus The State Of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE DINESH KUMAR SINGH ORAL ORDER 2 26-03-2012 Petitioner is apprehending his arrest in a case registered for the offences punishable under [STATUTE] . and 27 of the Arms Act and 3(1)(X) of S.C. & S.T.(Prevention of Atrocities) Act. The specific accusation of causing fire arm injury on the chest of the informant is against Gorakh Kumar. Petitioner was not named in the F.I.R. and his name subsequently sprang up on confession of co-accused as the person who was also a companion of Gorakh Kumar. It is submitted by learned counsel for the petitioner that similarly situated co-accused Ranjan Kumar @ Chhotu Kumar has been granted anticipatory bail vide Cr. Misc. No. 20358 of 2011. Considering the same, let the petitioner namely Rajiv Kumar @ Raju, in the event of his arrest or surrender Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.8958 of 2012 (2) dt.26-03-2012 2 / 2 2 before the Court below within a period of 12 weeks from today, be released on anticipatory bail on furnishing bail bond of Rs. 10,000/-(ten thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of learned Sub-Divisional Judicial Magistrate, Masaurhi in connection with Dhanarua P.S. Case No. 99 of 2011. Shageer/- (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.