Case Facts:
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.23755 of 2012 ====================================================== Santosh Yadav .... .... 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 petitioner and the State. The petitioner is apprehending his arrest in a case registered for the offences punishable under [STATUTE] . It is alleged that 13 F.I.R. named accused persons including the petitioner and 5-7 unknown entered into the Chamber of the informant who is Block Development Officer, when Anil Kumar the son- in-law of Pramukh, Surji Devi told the informant why he did not attend the telephone of Block Pramukh and he also assaulted the informant and tore the official papers and demanded Rs. 1,00,000/- as ransom. It is submitted by learned counsel for the petitioner that due to previous enmity the staff of the Block office named this petitioner and there is Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.23755 of 2012 (2) dt.17-07-2012 2 / 2 2 no specific accusation against the petitioner when Surji Devi has been granted anticipatory bail by the learned court below. Considering the aforesaid facts, let the petitioner, 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 Baikunthpur P.S. Case No. 68 of 2012 on furnishing bail bond of Rs.10,000/- (Ten Thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of the learned C.J.M. Gopalganj, 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: 387

Statute Text:
Section 387 of the Indian Penal Code. Putting or attempting to put a person in fear of death or grievous hurt in order to commit extortion. Whoever in order to the committing of extortion, puts or attempts to put 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 seven years, and shall also be liable to fine.