Case Facts:
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.5484 of 2012 ====================================================== Chawinath Mandal .... .... 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 DINESH KUMAR SINGH ORAL ORDER 2 27-02-2012 Petitioner is apprehending his arrest in a case registered for the offences punishable under [STATUTE] . Accusations against the petitioner are of snatching gold chain, government papers and making assault. It is submitted by learned counsel for the petitioner that one Punam Kumari was crushed in a road accident for which villagers were protesting by blocking the road when the F.I.R. was lodged. There is nothing on record to suggest that anyone received any injury. It is further submitted that other co-accused has been granted anticipatory bail by this Court vide Cr. Misc. No. 98 of 2012. Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.5484 of 2012 (2) dt.27-02-2012 2 / 2 2 Considering the same, let the petitioner namely Chawinath Mandal, 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 bond of Rs. 10,000/-(ten thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of learned Chief Judicial Magistrate, Bhagalpur in connection with Sultanganj P.S. Case No. 157 of 2011. Shageer/- (Dinesh Kumar Singh, J)

Applicable IPC Section: 189

Statute Text:
Section 189 of the Indian Penal Code. Threatening a public servant with injury to him or one in whom he is interested, to induce him to do or forbear to do any official act. Whoever holds out any threat of injury to any public servant, or to any person in whom he believes that public servant to be interested, for the purpose of inducing that public servant to do any act, or to forbear or delay to do any act, connected with the exercise of the public functions of such public servant, shall be punished with imprisonment of either description for a term which may extend to two years, or with fine, or with both.