Case Facts:
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.30973 of 2012 ====================================================== Anjani Jha @ Anjani Kumar Jha .... .... Petitioner/s Versus The State Of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE DINESH KUMAR SINGH ORAL ORDER 02/ 21-09-2012 Heard learned counsels for the petitioner, the State and the informant. The petitioner is apprehending his arrest in a case registered for the offences punishable under [STATUTE] . The accusation is of demand of extortion on the pistol point when Rs.4,700/- was taken from the pocket of the informant. It is submitted by learned counsel for the petitioner that accusation was found true only under [STATUTE] when differing with the same the cognizance has been taken by the learned court below under [STATUTE] also. In view of this Court, it is a fit case for consideration of regular bail, if the petitioner Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.30973 of 2012 (2) dt.21-09-2012 2/2 surrenders before the learned court below within a period of six weeks from today in connection with Samastipur (Muffasil) P.S. Case No. 394 of 2011 pending in the court of learned CJM, Samastipur. With the aforesaid observation, this application is disposed of. Let the order be transmitted to the learned court below through fax at the cost of the petitioner. DKS/ (Dinesh Kumar Singh, J.) .

Applicable IPC Section: 506

Statute Text:
Section 506 of the Indian Penal Code. Criminal intimidation. Whoever commits the offence of criminal intimidation shall be punished with imprisonment of either description for a term which may extend to two years, or with fine, or with both; If threat be to cause death or grievous hurt, etc — and if the threat be to cause death or grievous hurt, or to cause the destruction of any property by fire, or to cause an offence punishable with death or imprisonment for life, of with imprisonment for a term which may extend to seven years, or to impute unchastity to a woman, shall be punished with imprisonment of either description for a term which may extend to seven years, or with fine, or with both.