Case Facts:
Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.43719 of 2011 (2) dt.01-02-2012 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.43719 of 2011 ====================================================== 1. Pundeo Sah, son of Rupa Sah. 2. Naresh Sah, son of Rupa Sah. 3. Suresh Sah, son of Rupa Sah. 4. Gajendra Sah, son of Khooblal Sah. .... .... Petitioner/s Versus The State Of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE AKHILESH CHANDRA ORAL ORDER (Per: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE AKHILESH CHANDRA) 2 01-02-2012 Heard learned counsel for the petitioners and learned Additional Public Prosecutor for the State. The petitioners are apprehending their arrest in connection with a case registered for the offence punishable under [STATUTE] , pending in the court of learned Judicial Magistrate, 1st Class, Sadar Motihari, East Champaran. After some arguments, learned counsel for the petitioner seeks permission to withdraw this application with a liberty to surrender before the court below within a fortnight on the ground that they were earlier granted privilege for minor offences but now charge-sheet has been submitted for graver offences, but court has taken cognizance for graver offences in view of the decisions of this Court in a case Mahendra Prasad Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.43719 of 2011 (2) dt.01-02-2012 Singh Vs. The State of Bihar reported in PLJR 2004 (3) 491. Permission is granted. Accordingly, this application stands disposed of as withdrawn. Devendra/- (Akhilesh Chandra, 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.