Case Facts:
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.1952 of 2012 ====================================================== 1. Sanjay Singh S/O Shri Ramesh Prasad Singh Resident Of Village- Neema, Police Station- Dhanarua, District- Patna .... .... Petitioner/s Versus 1. The State of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE DINESH KUMAR SINGH ORAL ORDER (Per: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE DINESH KUMAR SINGH) 02/ 02-02-2012 Heard learned counsels for the petitioner and the State. The petitioner is languishing in custody since 28.06.2011 in a case registered for the offences punishable under [STATUTE] and 66(A) of Information Technology Act. It is alleged by the informant being a doctor that from the jail extortion of Rs. Fifty lakhs was made by one Manoj Singh and on shown inability to make payment threatening to kidnap the child of the informant was made. It has come during investigation that it was at the behest of the petitioner the demand used to be made and the sim card of the mobile from which the demand was made was subsequently destroyed by this petitioner. Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.1952 of 2012 (2) dt.02-02-2012 2/2 Considering the fact that no payment was made, let the petitioner namely Sanjay Singh, be released on bail on furnishing bail bond of Rs.10,000/- (ten thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of learned Chief Judicial Magistrate, Patna in connection with Kotwali P.S. Case No. 286 of 2011. Considering the criminal antecedent of the petitioner, the learned court below will be at liberty to cancel the bail of the petitioner if he gets involved in similar nature of offence or defaults for two consecutive occasions. DKS/ (Dinesh Kumar Singh, J.) .

Applicable IPC Section: 385

Statute Text:
Section 385 of the Indian Penal Code. Putting or attempting to put in fear of injury, in order to commit extortion. Whoever, in order to the committing of extortion, puts any person in fear, or attempts to put any person in fear, of any injury, shall be punished with imprisonment of either description for a term which may extend to two years, or with fine, or with both.