Case Facts:
Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.28322 of 2012 (3) dt.10-09-2012 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.28322 of 2012 ====================================================== Sujeet @ Sujeet Kumar .... .... Petitioner/s Versus The State Of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== with Criminal Miscellaneous No.29115 of 2012 ====================================================== Jhaman Yadav .... .... Petitioner/s Versus The State Of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE DINESH KUMAR SINGH ORAL ORDER 3 10-09-2012 Heard learned counsels for the petitioners and the State. The petitioners are apprehending arrest in a case registered for the offences punishable under [STATUTE] . It is alleged that at the behest of the father, the petitioners being Headmaster and co villager of the informant kept the victim captive and subsequently an attempt was made by the informant to kill himself by burning. It is submitted that in fact the informant himself tried to commit suicide. In view of this court, this is a case for consideration of regular bail of the petitioners by the learned court below in case Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.28322 of 2012 (3) dt.10-09-2012 the petitioners surrender within six weeks from today in connection with Bodh Gaya P.S. Case no. 62 of 2012 pending in the court of learned C.J.M., Gaya. This application is disposed of with the aforesaid observation/direction. Let this order be transmitted through FAX at the cost of the petitioner. Anil/- (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.