Case Facts:
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.17916 of 2012 ====================================================== Sonu Kumar .... .... Petitioner/s Versus The State Of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE DINESH KUMAR SINGH ORAL ORDER 2 14-05-2012 Petitioner is apprehending his arrest in a case registered under [STATUTE] . Accusation is of trying to establish forceful physical relationship. It is submitted by learned counsel for the petitioner that petitioner was on police bail. In that circumstance, the anticipatory bail application is not maintainable. Let learned Court below pass appropriate order with regard to regular bail of the petitioner in view of the ratio laid down in the case of Mahendra Prasad Singh versus The State of Bihar reported in 2004(3) PLJR 491, provided that petitioner has not misused the privilege of bail. With the observations made above, the application stands disposed off in connection with Supaul P.S. Case No. Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.17916 of 2012 (2) dt.14-05-2012 2 / 2 2 146 of 2011, pending in the Court of learned Chief Judicial Magistrate, Supaul. Let the order of this Court be transmitted through FAX to the learned Court below at the cost of the petitioners. 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.