Case Facts:
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.44753 of 2011 Gorak Manjhi @ Gaurakh Manjhee Versus The State Of Bihar ----------- 02/ 13.01.2012 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner as well as learned Addl. Public Prosecutor for the State. Petitioner is in jail custody since 17.9.2011 in a case registered under [STATUTE] . The contention of learned counsel for the petitioner is that even if prosecution story assumed to be true, then also, at best it is a case of [STATUTE] which is bailable in nature. Considering the aforesaid facts and circumstances as well as submissions of the parties, let the petitioner, Gorak Manjhi @ Gaurakh Manjhee, be released on bail on furnishing bail bonds of Rs 10,000/- with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of Sri S.K. Jha, Judicial Magistrate, Ist Class, Hilsa in Karai Parsurai P.S. Case no. 82/2011. 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.