Case Facts:
Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.25247 of 2012 (2) dt.19-07-2012 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.25247 of 2012 ====================================================== 1. Suresh Kamat S/O Sikindar Kamat .... .... Petitioner/s Versus 1. The State Of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE HEMANT KUMAR SRIVASTAVA ORAL ORDER 2 19-07-2012 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner as well as learned Additional Public Prosecutor for the State. Petitioner is in jail custody since 06.01.2012 in a case registered under [STATUTE] . Petitioner is not named in the first information report and submission on behalf of the petitioner is that his name came in this case in confessional statement of co-accused Manish Kamat and except the aforesaid material, there is nothing against the petitioner. Regard being had to the above stated submissions as well as facts and circumstances of the case, let the petitioner be released on bail on furnishing bail bonds of Rs. 10,000/- (Ten Thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of Chief Judicial Magistrate, Madhubani in connection with Babubarhi P.S. Case No. 36 of 2011. SHAHZAD/- (Hemant Kumar Srivastava, J)

Applicable IPC Section: 386

Statute Text:
Section 386 of the Indian Penal Code. extortion by putting a person in fear of death or grievous hurt. Whoever commits extortion by putting 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 ten years, and shall also be liable to fine.