Case Facts:
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.15223 of 2012 ====================================================== Bhola Bishwas @ Sri Bhula Bishwas .... .... Petitioner/s Versus The State Of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE DINESH KUMAR SINGH ORAL ORDER 2 24-04-2012 Petitioner is apprehending his arrest in a case registered for the offences punishable under [STATUTE] . Accusation is of taking Rs. 5000/- from the two beneficiaries of Indira Awas Scheme. It is submitted by learned counsel for the petitioner that there is no proof with regard to taking of money by the petitioner and the informant has subsequently retracted from initial version. A statement has been made in para 11 of the petition that petitioner has no criminal antecedent. Considering the same, let the petitioner namely Bhola Bishwas @ Sri Bhula Bishwas, 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 Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.15223 of 2012 (2) dt.24-04-2012 2 / 2 2 bond of Rs. 10,000/-(ten thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of learned Chief Judicial Magistrate, Purnea in connection with K. Nagar P.S. Case No. 311 of 2011. Shageer/- (Dinesh Kumar Singh, J)

Applicable IPC Section: 384

Statute Text:
Section 384 of the Indian Penal Code. Extortion. Whoever commits extortion shall be punished with imprisonment of either description for a term which may extend to three years, or with fine, or with both.