Case Facts:
Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.40905 of 2011 (3) dt.19-01-2012 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.40905 of 2011 ====================================================== 1. Surendra Kumar Verma @ Surendra Kumar, S/O-Sri Chandradeo Prasad 2. Mayuri Verma, W/O-Sri Surendra Kumar Verma .... .... Petitioners Versus The State Of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance : For the Petitioners : Mr. Prithavi Raj Singh For the State : Mrs. Renu Kumari (A.P.P.) ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE HEMANT KUMAR SRIVASTAVA ORAL ORDER (Per: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE HEMANT KUMAR SRIVASTAVA) 3 19-01-2012 Heard learned counsel for the petitioners as well as learned Additional Public Prosecutor for the State. Petitioners are in jail custody since 30.09.2011 in a case registered under [STATUTE] . It would appear from perusal of the case diary that after investigation police submitted charge-sheet under [STATUTE] and in course of hearing, learned counsel for the petitioners drew my attention towards Annexure-2 to this petition which shows that the victim Nidhi Sinha had taken poison on 20.08.2011 and after that she had made statement before the police that she had left her home by her Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.40905 of 2011 (3) dt.19-01-2012 own sweet will. Considering the aforesaid facts and circumstances as well as submissions of the parties, let the petitioners be released on bail on furnishing bail bonds of Rs. 10,000/- (Ten Thousand) each with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of Chief Judicial Magistrate, Gaya in connection with Civil Lines P.S. Case No. 231 of 2011. SHAHZAD ANWER/- (Hemant Kumar Srivastava, J)

Applicable IPC Section: 388

Statute Text:
Section 388 of the Indian Penal Code. Extortion by threat of accusation of an offence punishable with death, imprisonment for life, or imprisonment for 10 Years. Whoever commits extortion by putting any person in fear of an accusation against that person or any other, of having committed or attempted to commit any offence punishable with death, or with imprisonment for life, or with imprisonment for a term which may extend to ten years, or of having attempted to induce any other person to commit such offence, shall shall be punished with imprisonment of either description for a term which may extend to ten years, and shall also be liable to fine; and, if the offence be one punishable under section 377 of this Code, may be punished with imprisonment for life.