About Section 307 of IPC Section 307 of IPC i.e attempt to murder in the light of relevant case laws related to it. Murder is one of the gravest offences and that’s why even an attempt to cause murder is considered to be as serious as the actual offence of committing murder. Section 307 of IPC defines the offence of attempt to murder. It states that whoever does any act with the intention or knowledge, that such act would cause the death of any person, he would be guilty of murder, and shall be punished with imprisonment for a term up to ten years, and shall also be liable to fine. In addition, this Section states that if hurt is caused to any person by such an act, the offender shall be liable either to imprisonment for life or to the punishment mentioned above. Section 307 further states the penal provision for the offence of attempt to murder committed by the life-convicts. A life-convict is a person who is already undergoing the sentence of imprisonment for life in some other case. And if such a person commits an offence under Section 307 of IPC and causes hurt, he ‘may’ be punished with death, as prescribed under the Section.