Case Facts:
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.7 of 2012 Churaman Paswan @ Ram Pravesh Paswan @ Churawan Paswan, son of Late Ram Khelawan Paswan Versus The State Of Bihar ---------------------------------- 02. 16.01.2012 Petitioner is languishing in custody since 24.06.2011 in a case registered for the offences under [STATUTE] . and Section 17 of the C.L.A. Act. And Sections 10, 13, 16, 17, 18, 20 of the Unlawful Activities Prevention Act. It is alleged that from the informant’s office, in the garb of extortion 5% levy was demanded and subsequently mobile and Rs. 2500/- were snatched and several articles were put on fire. It is submitted by learned counsel for the petitioner that the name of the petitioner sprang up on the confession of the co-accused. It is further submitted that no recovery was made from the petitioner nor petitioner has been put on T.I.P. Considering the aforesaid facts, let the petitioner above named, 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 Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate, Hilsa, Nalanda in connection with Islampur P.S. Case No. 4 of 2010. Learned Court below will be at liberty to cancel the bail of the petitioner, if the petitioner fails to appear on two consecutive occasions. Shageer ( Dinesh Kumar Singh, 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.