Case Facts:
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.6920 of 2012 ====================================================== 1. Baby Devi, wife of Jitendra Yadav 2. Gita Devi, 3. Sabita Devi, 4. Baby Devi, wife of Sri Sargan Yadav .... .... Petitioner/s Versus The State Of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE DINESH KUMAR SINGH ORAL ORDER 2 07-03-2012 Heard learned counsels for the petitioners and the State. The petitioners are apprehending arrest in a case registered under [STATUTE] and section 27 of the Arms Act. The accusation of assault has been levelled against Jitendra Yadav, Satyendra Yadav, Pappu Yadav and Upendra Yadav. The petitioners are the agnates of the informant and having enmity from before. It is submitted on behalf of the petitioners that the petitioners are female and there is no specific accusation of assault against them. Considering the aforesaid facts, let the above named petitioners, be released on anticipatory bail in the event of arrest or surrender before the learned Court below within a period of 12 weeks from today on furnishing bail bond of Rs. 10,000/- (ten Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.6920 of 2012 (2) dt.07-03-2012 2 / 2 2 thousand) each with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of the learned Chief Judicial Magistrate, Nalanda at Biharsharif in connection with Rahui (Bhagan Bigha) P.S. Case No. 277/2011 subject to the conditions as laid down under Section 438(2) Cr.P.C. Anil/- (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.