Case Facts:
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.34938 of 2009 ====================================================== Piyush Kumar Singh, son of Sri Tanuklal Singh, resident of village Dan Nagar, P.S. and District Khagaria. .... .... Petitioner/s Versus The State Of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance : For the Petitioner/s : Mr. Binod Kumar, Advocate. Mr. Sanjeev Saran, Advocate. For the State : Mr. Ehteshamuddin, A.P.P. ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE JUSTICE SMT. ANJANA PRAKASH ORAL ORDER 2. 05-03-2012 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and the State. The petitioner seeks quashing of the order dated 14.10.1998 passed by the Chief Judicial Magistrate, Patna, in connection with Gardanibagh (Shastrinagar) P.S. Case No. 454 of 1998 by which it has taken cognizance under [STATUTE] , I am not inclined to interfere in the matter since the case is of the year 1998. The Magistrate is directed to expedite the hearing of the case if it has not concluded as yet. The application is dismissed. S.Ali (Anjana Prakash, 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.