Case Facts:
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.14118 of 2012 ====================================================== 1. Ram Babu Singh 2. Bhupendra Singh. .... .... Petitioner/s Versus The State Of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE DINESH KUMAR SINGH ORAL ORDER 2 18-04-2012 Heard learned counsels for the petitioner and the State. The petitioners are apprehending arrest in a case registered for the offences punishable under [STATUTE] and Section 3(2) and 5s of the Damage of Public Property Act. One tractor loaded with sand was seized by the informant when the driver disclosed that on the challan being issued by these petitioners the sand was being taken. It is submitted by learned counsel for the petitioners that there is nothing on record to suggest that the petitioners issued any challan. A statement has been made that the petitioners have no criminal antecedent. Considering the nature of accusation, 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 Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.14118 of 2012 (2) dt.18-04-2012 2/2 of 12 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 the learned Chief Judicial Magistrate, Bhojpur, Ara in connection with Sahar P.S. Case No. 29 of 2011, subject to the conditions as laid down under Section 438(2) Cr.P.C. Amrendra/- (Dinesh Kumar 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.