Case Facts:
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.28601 of 2012 ====================================================== Surendra Mahto .... .... Petitioner/s Versus The State Of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE DINESH KUMAR SINGH ORAL ORDER 2 13-08-2012 Petitioner is apprehending his arrest in a case registered for the offences punishable under [STATUTE] . Accusation is of attempting to establish forceful physical relationship and when informant raised alarm then petitioner poured acid on her head. It is submitted by learned counsel for the petitioner that petitioner being neighbour has falsely been implicated when there is no injury report on record nor any injury has been caused. It is further submitted that even assuming the accusation, at best the case under [STATUTE] . is made out. A statement has been made in para 12 of the petition that petitioner has no criminal antecedent. Considering the same, let the petitioner namely Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.28601 of 2012 (2) dt.13-08-2012 2 / 2 2 Surendra Mahto, in the event of his arrest or surrender before the Court below within a period of 12 weeks from today, be released on anticipatory bail on furnishing bail bond of Rs. 10,000/-(ten thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of learned Chief Judicial Magistrate, Saran, Chapra in connection with Bheldi P.S. Case No. 25 of 2012. The bail bond of the petitioner will be accepted on filing affidavit that petitioner will make himself available in the investigation. Let the aforesaid affidavit be transmitted to the concerned I.O. by learned Court below. Shageer/- (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.