Case Facts:
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.20543 of 2012 ====================================================== 1. Afroj S/O Azam Ahmad @ Chunnu Mian, Resident Of Mansa Tola, P.S.- Muffasil, Bettiah, District- West Champaran. .... .... Petitioner Versus 1. The State Of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party PRESENT : HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE S.N. HUSSAIN ORDER 2. 06-06-2012. Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned counsel for the State. The petitioner is accused in Bettiah Town P.S. Case No.184 of 2012 for offences punishable under [STATUTE] . Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that no overt act has been alleged against the petitioner and he has been implicated only on the basis of assumption that he along with others was going to commit the crime. Learned counsel further submits that he is in custody since 1.4.2012. In the aforesaid facts and circumstances of the case, this petition is allowed. Let the above named petitioner be released on bail on furnishing bail bond of Rs.10,000/- (Rupees ten thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of the Chief Judicial Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.20543 of 2012 (2) dt.06-06-2012 2 Magistrate, Bettiah, West Champaran in connection with Bettiah Town P.S.Case No.184 of 2012. ahk/- (S.N. Hussain, 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.