Case Facts:
Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.12073 of 2012 (2) dt.21-03-2012 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.12073 of 2012 ====================================================== 1. Shivjee Sah S/O Yogendra Sah Resident Of Village- Parsauniya, P.S.- Rajepur, District- East Champaran .... .... Petitioner/s Versus 1. The State Of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance : For the Petitioner : Mr. Hari Kishore Thakur, Advocate. For the Opposite Party : Mr. Navin Kumar Pandey, APP. ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE SHYAM KISHORE SHARMA ORAL ORDER 2 21-03-2012 Heard learned Counsel for the petitioner and the State. Though the case was registered under [STATUTE] against 5-7 unknown criminals but cognizance has been taken under [STATUTE] . Submission is that the petitioner’s complicity has come only on the basis of confessional statement of co-accused Sikandar Rai. Though, the petitioner is not named in the First Information Report but he has not been put on Test Identification Parade and no incriminating article has been recovered from his possession. This is the first case in which the petitioner has been made accused. Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.12073 of 2012 (2) dt.21-03-2012 Considering the facts and circumstances of the case, the above named petitioner is directed 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 Smt. Indrani Kisku, the learned Judicial Magistrate, Ist Class/her successor court, Muzaffarpur in connection with Trial No. 655 of 2011 arising out of Siwaipatti P.S. Case No. 87 of 2011. KKSINHA/- (Shyam Kishore Sharma, 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.