Case Facts:
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.23195 of 2012 ====================================================== Vikash Kumar son of late Shyam nandan Sharma R/o village Lakhibagh, P.S. Tekari, Dist. Gaya. .... .... Petitioner/s Versus The State Of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance : For the Petitioner/s : Mr. For the Opposite Party/s : Mr. ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE AHSANUDDIN AMANULLAH ORAL ORDER 2 20-06-2012 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned A.P.P. for the State. The petitioner is accused in Tekari P.S. Case No. 150 of 2012 registered for offence under [STATUTE] as well as section 3(1)(X) of the Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribe (Prevention of Atrocities ) Act. Learned counsel submits that from the plain reading of the First Information Report it is obvious that the allegation is palpably false and concocted. The allegation is that petitioner came and forcibly tried to free one person who had been arrested in a case from the police station and then abusing the police office by his caste name. According Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.23195 of 2012 (2) dt.20-06-2012 2 / 2 2 to the learned counsel for the petitioner it cannot be believed since there is no mention as to what happened and what other police officers in the police station did. Learned counsel submits that the petitioner had gone simply to enquire about the arrest of a co-villager and he has been falsely implicated in this case. It is further stated that the petitioner was arrested in the police station on 23.05.2012 and is in judicial custody since 24.05.2012. The petitioner has clean antecedent. Learned A.P.P. for the State opposes the prayer for bail and submits that petitioner has committed the offence in the police station and therefore, he should not be released on bail. Considering the facts and circumstances of the case, let the petitioner namely, Vikash Kumar, be released on bail upon furnishing bail bond of Rs. 10,000/- (ten thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of the C.J.M, Gaya in connection with Tekari P.S. Case No. 150 of 2012. M.Rahman/- (Ahsanuddin Amanullah, 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.