Case Facts:
Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.28347 of 2012 (2) dt.07-08-2012 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.28347 of 2012 ====================================================== Guddu Babu Singh .... .... Petitioner/s Versus The State Of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party/s CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE HEMANT KUMAR SRIVASTAVA ORAL ORDER 02/ 07.08.2012 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner as well as learned Addl. Public Prosecutor for the State. Petitioner is in jail custody since 16.3.2012 in a case registered under [STATUTE] . The contention on behalf of the petitioner is that no sign of rape was found on the victim girls and moreover, according to the prosecution case itself, petitioner only asked the victim girls to remove their pantees in his presence. So, even if the aforesaid fact assumed to be true, then also, at best it is a case of [STATUTE] which is bailable in nature. It is further contended by him that, as a matter of fact, the petitioner was caught from his home and the police lodged Malsalami P.S. Case no. 31/2012 against the petitioner on the premises that petitioner had fled away from police custody. Considering the aforesaid facts and circumstances as well as submissions of the parties, let the petitioner, Guddu Babu 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 Addl. Chief Judicial Magistrate, Patnacity in Malsalami P.S. Case no. 30/2012. 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.