Case Facts:
Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.16954 of 2012 (2) dt.08-05-2012 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.16954 of 2012 ====================================================== Ashok Mandal .... .... Petitioner Versus The State Of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE DINESH KUMAR SINGH ORAL ORDER 2 08-05-2012 Heard learned counsels for the petitioner and the State. The petitioner is apprehending his arrest in a case registered for the offences punishable under [STATUTE] and Section 3(i)(x)of the SC and ST(Prevention of Atrocities)Act. The accusation is of making assault and abusing by calling caste name. It is submitted that no injury was caused and for the occurrence of 03.02.2012 the FIR was lodged on 08.02.2012 when the wife of the petitioner has also lodged a complaint case against the petitioner. The delayed lodging of the FIR clouds the bonafide of the accusation. Considering the aforesaid submissions, let the above named petitioner, be released on anticipatory bail, in the event of his arrest or surrender before the learned Court below within a period of 12 weeks from today, on furnishing bail bond of Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.16954 of 2012 (2) dt.08-05-2012 Rs.10,000/-(ten thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of Chief Judicial Magistrate, Katihar in Pranpur P.S.case No.20 of 2012, subject to the conditions as laid down under Section 438(2) of the 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.