Case Facts:
Patna High Court CR. WJC No.408 of 2011 (4) dt.28-08-2012 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Writ No.408 of 2011 ====================================================== Kanhaiya Prasad Sinha, S/O Late Bachchu Bihari Prasad Sinha, R/O Mohalla - Adarsh Nagar, Motibag, P.S. Kishanganj, District - Kishanganj .... .... Petitioner Versus 1. The State of Bihar through the Chief Secretary. 2. The Director General of Police, Bihar, Patna 3. The Deputy Inspector General of Police, Purnea 4. The District Inspector General of Police, Kishanganj. 5. The Superintendent of Police, Kishanganj 6. The Dy. S.P. Sadar Kishanganj 7. The Station House Officer, Kishanganj Police Station, Kishanganj .... .... Respondents ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE ASHWANI KUMAR SINGH ORAL ORDER 4 28-08-2012 The petitioner is informant of Kishanganj P.S. Case No. 162 of 2010 instituted under [STATUTE] . He has filed the present writ petition so that a direction be issued to respondents to investigate the aforesaid case following the due procedure of law, as the investigating officer of the case has not taken statement of the witnesses of the locality. A counter affidavit has been filed on behalf of the State, in which, it has been stated that after thorough investigation, the police found the prosecution case to be false and recommended for prosecution of the informant under [STATUTE] . Patna High Court CR. WJC No.408 of 2011 (4) dt.28-08-2012 Considering the aforesaid, I find no merit in the present writ petition. It is dismissed, accordingly. Sanjeet/- (Ashwani 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.