Case Facts:
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.23796 of 2012 ====================================================== Kanhaiya Kumar .... .... Petitioner. Versus The State Of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party. ====================================================== with Criminal Miscellaneous No.24012 of 2012 ====================================================== Ramlesh Kumar .... .... Petitioner. Versus The State Of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party. ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE DINESH KUMAR SINGH ORAL ORDER 2 17-07-2012 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] . On information, raid was conducted on NH 31 when three persons were collected money from the heavy vehicles when Manoj Kumar Singh and Gopal Kumar Singh were apprehended who suggest that they were collecting money on behalf of petitioner Kanhaiya Kumar who is the settlee of Bus Stand. The receipts were recovered in the name of petitioners Kanhaiya Kumar and Ramlesh Kumar. Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.23796 of 2012 (2) dt.17-07-2012 2 / 2 2 It is submitted by learned counsel for the petitioner Kanhaiya Kumar that he was the settlee of the bus stand and receipts does not bear the signature of Kanhaiya Kumar. The statement has been made in paragraph no.10 of Cr. Misc. No. 24012 of 2012 that the petitioner Ramlesh Kumar has no criminal antecedent. Considering the fact that the petitioners were not apprehended from the place of collection, let the petitioners, above named, 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 Begusarai Town P.S. Case No. 87 of 2012 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. Begusarai, 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.