Case Facts:
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.18522 of 2012 ====================================================== Pintu Singh @ Pintu Kumar Yadav & Anr. .... .... Petitioners. Versus The State Of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party. ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE DINESH KUMAR SINGH ORAL ORDER 2 16-05-2012 Heard learned counsels for the petitioners and the State. The petitioners are apprehending their arrest in a case registered for the offences punishable under [STATUTE] . It is alleged that the petitioners obstructed in construction of boundary upon land by the informant, demanded extortion, took Rs. 5,000/- from the informant and taken away 20 bags of cement. It is submitted that land was purchased by mother of petitioners on 27.11.1968 and after partition from the father got the land a proceeding under Section 144 Cr. P. C. was initiated at the behest of petitioners then the present case has been lodged. Considering the accusation in the background of serious land dispute between the parties, let the petitioners, Pintu Singh alias Pintu Kumar Yadav and Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.18522 of 2012 (2) dt.16-05-2012 2 / 2 2 Brijnandan Singh alias Bijendra Singh, be released on bail in the event of arrest or surrender before the learned court below within a period of twelve weeks from today in connection with Beur P.S. Case No. 180 of 2011 on furnishing bail bond of Rs.10,000/-(Ten Thousand) each with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of the learned C.J.M. Patna, subject to the conditions as laid down under Section 438(2) of the Code of Criminal Procedure. U.K./- (Dinesh Kumar Singh, J)

Applicable IPC Section: 386

Statute Text:
Section 386 of the Indian Penal Code. extortion by putting a person in fear of death or grievous hurt. Whoever commits extortion by putting any person in fear of death or of grievous hurt to that person or to any other, shall be punished with imprisonment of either description for a term which may extend to ten years, and shall also be liable to fine.