Case Facts:
Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.41474 of 2012 (2) dt.06-11-2012 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.41474 of 2012 ====================================================== Md. Ekwal .... .... Petitioner/s Versus The State Of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE HEMANT KUMAR SRIVASTAVA ORAL ORDER 2 06-11-2012 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner as well as learned Additional Public Prosecutor for the State. The petitioner is in jail custody since 10.6.2012 in a case registered under [STATUTE] . Allegedly, the petitioner attempted to commit sodomy on the victim. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the petitioner does not have any criminal antecedent and, as a matter of fact, an altercation took place between the informant as well as the petitioner on account of petty issues but later on the informant lodged this false case against the petitioner. Considering the aforesaid facts and circumstances as well as submissions of the parties, let the petitioner, Md. Ekwal be released on bail on furnishing bail bonds of Rs. 10,000/- (ten thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of the Railway Judicial Magistrate, Patna in connection with GRP P.S. Case No. 175/2012. S.Pandey/- (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.