Case Facts:
Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.36222 of 2012 (2) dt.08-10-2012 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.36222 of 2012 ====================================================== Miro Singh .... .... Petitioner/s Versus The State Of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party/s CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE HEMANT KUMAR SRIVASTAVA ORAL ORDER 02/ 08.10.2012 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner as well as learned Addl. Public Prosecutor for the State. Petitioner is in jail custody since 24.4.2012 in a case registered under [STATUTE] on the allegation that having entered into the house of the informant he attempted to commit rape on her and also gave dagger blow to her. The contention on behalf of the petitioner is that the informant has received simple injury which is evident from annexure 2 to this petition and so far as allegation of attempt to rape is concerned, the same has been inserted in this case to make the offence graver and, as a matter of fact, present case has been brought on account of previous enmity. Considering the aforesaid facts and circumstances as well as submissions of the parties, let the petitioner, Miro Singh, be released on bail on furnishing bail bonds of Rs 10,000/- with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of the Chief Judicial Magistrate, Lakhisarai in Halsi P.S. Case no. 33/2012. Shahid (Hemant Kumar Srivastava,J)

Applicable IPC Section: 511

Statute Text:
Section 511 of the Indian Penal Code. Attempting to commit offences punishable with imprisonment for life, or imprisonment, and in such attempt doing any act towards the commission of the offence. Whoever attempts to commit an offence punishable by this Code with imprisonment for life or imprisonment, or to cause such an offence to be committed, and in such attempt does any act towards the commission of the offence, shall, where no express provision is made by this Code for the punishment of such attempt, be punished with imprisonment of any description provided for the offence, for a term which may extend to one-half of the imprisonment for life or, as the case may be, one-half of the longest term of imprisonment provided for that offence, or with such fine as is provided for the offence, or with both.