Case Facts:
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.15448 of 2012 ====================================================== Abhishek Kumar Singh .... .... Petitioner/s Versus The State Of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE DINESH KUMAR SINGH ORAL ORDER 2 27-04-2012 Petitioner is apprehending his arrest in a case registered for the offences punishable under [STATUTE] . Accusation is of making demand of extortion through two phones when life threat was also given. It is submitted by learned counsel for the petitioner that prima facie no case under [STATUTE] . is made out when no payments were made and during investigation it was found that one of the phone was registered in the name of the petitioner when the petitioner used to reside at Kolkata. It is further submitted that for the first time the requisition for issuance of warrant of arrest was made on 13.04.2011 whereas warrants were issued on 16.06.2011. It is further submitted that investigation is still pending. A statement has been made in para 19 of the Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.15448 of 2012 (2) dt.27-04-2012 2 / 2 2 petition that petitioner has no criminal antecedent. Considering the same, let the petitioner namely Abhishek Kumar Singh, in the event of his arrest or surrender before the Court below within a period of 12 weeks from today, be released on anticipatory 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, Darbhanga in connection with Laheriasarai P.S. Case No. 400 of 2007. Shageer/- (Dinesh Kumar Singh, J)

Applicable IPC Section: 387

Statute Text:
Section 387 of the Indian Penal Code. Putting or attempting to put a person in fear of death or grievous hurt in order to commit extortion. Whoever in order to the committing of extortion, puts or attempts to put 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 seven years, and shall also be liable to fine.