Case Facts:
Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.24011 of 2012 (2) dt.18-07-2012 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.24011 of 2012 ====================================================== 1. Bibi Nasima Khatoon, 2. Md. Yusuf .... .... Petitioner/s Versus The State Of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE DINESH KUMAR SINGH ORAL ORDER 2 18-07-2012 Heard learned counsels for the petitioners and the State. The petitioners are apprehending arrest in a complaint case in which cognizance has been taken under [STATUTE] . The accusation is of demanding extortion amount for vacating the house which was claimed by the complainant to have been purchased. It is further alleged that earlier also the petitioners demanded extortion money. It is submitted that the house in question is claimed by both the sides when the complainant has subsequently retracted from the initial version. Considering the aforesaid facts, let the above named petitioners be released on anticipatory bail in the event of arrest or surrender before the learned Court below within a period of twelve weeks from today on furnishing bail bond of Rs. 10,000/- (ten thousand) each with two sureties of the like amount each to the Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.24011 of 2012 (2) dt.18-07-2012 satisfaction of learned Chief Judicial Magistrate, Katihar in connection with C.A. No. 705 of 2011 subject to the conditions as laid down under Section 438(2) Cr.P.C. Anil/- (Dinesh Kumar Singh, J)

Applicable IPC Section: 389

Statute Text:
Section 389 of the Indian Penal Code. Putting a person in fear of accusation of an offence punishable with death, imprisonment for life, or imprisonment for 10 Years in order to commit extortion. Whoever, in order to the committing of extortion, puts or attempts to put any person in fear of an accusation, against that person or any other, of having committed, or attempted to commit, an offence punishable with death or with imprisonment for life, or with imprisonment for a term which may extend to ten years, 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 punishable under section 377 of this Code, may be punished with imprisonment for life.