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10. In Veerayya v. Emperor [(1935) MWN 651], Burn J., held that the accused, who was found to be making some preliminary diggings, which were necessary to remove the earth so that he would get at a stone slab fixed to a Buddhist stups, was not guilt under section 511, Indian Penal Code, and the learned Judge further held that his act amounted to a preparation and not to an attempt to commit theft.

11. In Muniratnam Reddi, In re : [(1955) AWR 53], a Bench of the High Court of Judicature of Andhra at Guntur, consisting of Subba Rao, C.J., as he then was, and Satyanarayana, J., while defining "attempt to commit murder" pointed out as follows :-