Case Facts:
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.25680 of 2012 ====================================================== 1. Domi Rai 2. Rojesh Rai @ Rajesh Kumar @ Rajesh Rai 3. Jai Prakash Rai @ Prakash Rai 4. Dinesh Rai @ Dinesh Kr. Rai 5. Raj Kumar Rai 6. Manoj Sharma .... .... Petitioner/s Versus The State Of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE DINESH KUMAR SINGH ORAL ORDER 02/ 06-08-2012 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] , 3/4 of Witch Craft Practices Act and 3(1) (x) (xi) of SC/ST (Prevention of Atrocities) Act. The accusations are of making assault, abusing by calling caste name and calling witch for getting the accused person’s daughter sick. The accusation of snatching of jewellery has also been alleged. It is submitted by learned counsel for the petitioners that no injury caused to any one and for the Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.25680 of 2012 (2) dt.06-08-2012 2/2 occurrence of 16.03.2012 the FIR was lodged on 19.03.2012. Moreover, the occurrence admittedly was committed inside the house, which cannot be treated a public view and a supplementary affidavit has been filed that the petitioners have no criminal antecedent. Considering the aforesaid facts, let the above named petitioners be released on anticipatory bail in the event of their 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 satisfaction of learned Chief Judicial Magistrate, Supaul in connection with Supaul SC/ST P.S. Case No. 03 of 2012, subject to the conditions as laid down under Section 438(2) of the Cr.P.C. 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.