Case Facts:
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.29331 of 2012 ====================================================== Krishna Singh @ Krishna Tiwary .... .... Petitioner/s Versus The State Of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE DINESH KUMAR SINGH ORAL ORDER 3 10-10-2012 The petitioner has renewed his prayer for bail in a case registered for the offences punishable under [STATUTE] and Section 27 of the Arms Act. The accusation is of making demand of extortion and robbing the mobile. The petitioner was apprehended on the spot. Earlier petitioner’s bail application was rejected on 16.03.2012 vide Cr. Misc. No. 3704 of 2012 since the petitioner was accused in nine other cases. It appears from Flag- ‘A’ that charges were framed on 25.11.2011 but it is surprising that after more than ten months of framing of charges, no witnesses have been examined. Let the learned Trial Court make effort to conclude the trial within a period of six months. This Court is not inclined to revise the earlier order. The present application is accordingly, disposed off with a liberty to the petitioner to renew his prayer for bail after Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.29331 of 2012 (3) dt.10-10-2012 2/2 seven months if the trial is not concluded within a period six months. Let the order be transmitted to the learned court below through fax at the cost of the petitioner in connection with Trial No. 3126 of 2011 arising out of Jehanabad P.S. Case No. 61 of 2005 pending in the court of learned Judicial Magistrate, 1st Class, Jehanabad. Amrendra/- (Dinesh Kumar Singh, J)

Applicable IPC Section: 384

Statute Text:
Section 384 of the Indian Penal Code. Extortion. Whoever commits extortion shall be punished with imprisonment of either description for a term which may extend to three years, or with fine, or with both.