Case Facts:
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.40300 of 2012 ====================================================== Santosh Kumar S/O Ramshray Patel R/O Village - Sheohar Ward No. 5, P.S. and District – Sheohar. .... .... Petitioner. Versus The State Of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party. ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE DINESH KUMAR SINGH ORAL ORDER 2 07-11-2012 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 the informant being the doctor received extortion call through mobile and was given life threat. Petitioner was not named in the F.I.R. In course of investigation, it transpires that sim was used for demanding extortion from the informant was later on given by Chhote Lal Sah to this petitioner. A statement has been made in paragraph no.11 of the petition that the petitioner has no criminal antecedent. Considering the circumstantial nature of evidence, let the petitioner, above named, be released on bail in the event of arrest or surrender Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.40300 of 2012 (2) dt.07-11-2012 2 / 2 2 before the learned court below within a period of twelve weeks from today in connection with Sheohar P.S. Case No. 192 of 2011 on furnishing bail bond of Rs.10,000/-(Ten Thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of the learned S.D.J.M., Sheohar, Sitamarhi, 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: 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.