Case Facts:
Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.1083 of 2012 (2) dt.23-01-2012 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.1083 of 2012 ====================================================== Lal Babu Mahto .... .... Petitioner. Versus The State Of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party. ====================================================== Appearance : CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE DINESH KUMAR SINGH ORAL ORDER (Per: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE DINESH KUMAR SINGH) 2 23-01-2012 Heard learned counsels for the petitioner and the State. The petitioner is languishing in custody since 23.09.2011 in a case registered for the offence under [STATUTE] . The accusation was ventilated through complaint where it is alleged that husband of the complainant Upendra Rai deserted her hence, she fell love in with this petitioner who established physical relationship on promise of marriage but subsequently he refused to marry. It is submitted that for occurrence of 2007 the complaint was filed in 2011 whereas in 2009 the complainant filed another complaint case no. 1100 of 2009 describing herself as wife of Upendra Rai where accusation under [STATUTE] . was levelled against the Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.1083 of 2012 (2) dt.23-01-2012 petitioner, the petitioner’s wife and his brother- in-law (Sala). Considering delayed lodging of the complaint and inconsistent accusation levelled by the informant, let the petitioner above named 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 the learned Ist Additional Sessions Judge, Samastipur, District-Samastipur in connection with S.T. No. 573 of 2011 arising out of Warishnagar (Mathurapur O.P.)P.S. Case No. 184 of 2011. U.K./- (Dinesh Kumar Singh, 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.