Case Facts:
Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.31167 of 2009 (6) dt.14-09-2012 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.31167 of 2009 ====================================================== 1. Uday Prasad Kashyap @ Uday Kashyap 2. Chandan Kumar 3. Manish Kumar 4. Anuj Kumar @ Anuj Kumar Kashyap 5. Annapurna Devi All are residents of Mohalla – Shobhaganj, P.S. Sasaram Town, District – Rohtas. .... .... Petitioner/s Versus 1. The State of Bihar 2. Gautam Kumar, S/o Ishwar Chandra Rawat, R/o Mohalla – Shobhaganj, P.S. Sasaram Town, District - Rohtas .... .... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE MANDHATA SINGH ORAL ORDER 6 14-09-2012 Heard learned counsel for the petitioners and learned counsel for the State. Points taken in this quashing petition especially on the point of constitution of offence under Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (prevention of atrocities) Act as well as under [STATUTE] . shall be considered at appropriate stage by the trial Court. With the above observation, this quashing application is disposed of. Shail/- (Mandhata Singh, J.)

Applicable IPC Section: 384

Statute Text:
Section 384 of the Indian Penal Code. Extortion. Whoever commits extortion shall be punished with imprisonment of either description for a term which may extend to three years, or with fine, or with both.