Case Facts:
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.40948 of 2012 ====================================================== Md. Saheb @ Sahab @ Sahabu Son Of Lal Mohammad Resident Of Village- Rahmat Nagar, Woli Tola, P.S.- K. Hat, District- Purnea. .... .... Petitioner. Versus The State Of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party. ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE DINESH KUMAR SINGH ORAL ORDER 2 29-11-2012 Heard learned counsels for the petitioner and the State. The petitioner is apprehending his arrest in a case registered for the offences punishable under [STATUTE] . It is alleged that the petitioner and others restrained the informant from carrying stone chips on the truck for being used for construction of the informant’s house when Rs. 50,000/- extortion was demanded and on non-payment of same the informant was abused and assaulted when Rs. 35,000/- was snatched by co-accused Md. Farid. It is submitted that there is no specific accusation of assault against the petitioner when the injury has been found to be simple and a statement has been made in paragraph no. 15 of the petition that the petitioner has no criminal Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.40948 of 2012 (2) dt.29-11-2012 2 / 2 2 antecedent. Considering the aforesaid facts, let the petitioner, above named, be released on bail in the event of arrest or surrender before the learned court below within a period of twelve weeks from today in connection with K. Hat (Madhubani)P.S. Case No. 343 of 2011 on furnishing bail bond of Rs.10,000/-(Ten Thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of the learned C.J.M. Purnea, subject to the conditions as laid down under Section 438(2) of the Code of Criminal Procedure. 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.