Case Facts:
Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.37253 of 2012 (2) dt.10-10-2012 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.37253 of 2012 ====================================================== Raju Ram .... .... Petitioner/s Versus The State Of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party/s CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE HEMANT KUMAR SRIVASTAVA ORAL ORDER 02/ 10.10.2012 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner as well as learned Addl. Public Prosecutor for the State. Petitioner is in jail custody since 12.5.2012 in a case registered under [STATUTE] . The petitioner is named in the first information report and there is only allegation against him that he as well as other accused had come to the house of the informant and threatened the deceased prior to the alleged occurrence. Admittedly, none has seen the actual killing of the deceased nor any witness claimed to have seen the petitioner in the company of the deceased prior to the alleged occurrence and except suspicion, there appears to be nothing against the petitioner. Accordingly, petitioner, Raju Ram, is directed to be released on bail on furnishing bail bonds of Rs 10,000/- with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of the Sub divisional Judicial Magistrate, Sikrahana at Motihari District East Champaran in Rajepur P.S. Case no. 27/2012. Shahid (Hemant Kumar Srivastava,J)

Applicable IPC Section: 506

Statute Text:
Section 506 of the Indian Penal Code. Criminal intimidation. Whoever commits the offence of criminal intimidation shall be punished with imprisonment of either description for a term which may extend to two years, or with fine, or with both; If threat be to cause death or grievous hurt, etc — and if the threat be to cause death or grievous hurt, or to cause the destruction of any property by fire, or to cause an offence punishable with death or imprisonment for life, of with imprisonment for a term which may extend to seven years, or to impute unchastity to a woman, shall be punished with imprisonment of either description for a term which may extend to seven years, or with fine, or with both.