Case Facts:
Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.26327 of 2012 (3) dt.25-09-2012 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.26327 of 2012 ====================================================== 1. Suresh Mistri, S/O-Kedar Mistri 2. Ganesh Mistri, S/O-Kedar Mistri 3. Ranjeet Kumar, S/O-Suresh Mistri 4. Pramod Mistri, S/O-Dhaneshwar Mistri .... .... Petitioner/s Versus The State Of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE HEMANT KUMAR SRIVASTAVA ORAL ORDER 3 25-09-2012 Heard learned counsel for the petitioners as well as learned Additional Public Prosecutor for the State. Petitioners are named in the first information report on the charges that the informant had been made captive in the house of petitioner no. 2 by the petitioners. Learned counsel for the petitioners submits that there was some dispute between informant and petitioner no. 2 on account of some payment and even if the prosecution story assumed to be true, then also, [STATUTE] are not applicable and at best, [STATUTE] is applicable for which petitioners have already remained in jail custody for near about six months. Considering the aforesaid facts and circumstances as well as submissions of the parties, let the petitioners be released on bail on furnishing bail bonds of Rs. 10,000/- (Ten Thousand) Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.26327 of 2012 (3) dt.25-09-2012 each with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of Chief Judicial Magistrate, Lakhisarai in connection with Lakhisarai (Ramgarh Chowk) P.S. Case No. 98 of 2012. SHAHZAD/- (Hemant Kumar Srivastava, J)

Applicable IPC Section: 387

Statute Text:
Section 387 of the Indian Penal Code. Putting or attempting to put a person in fear of death or grievous hurt in order to commit extortion. Whoever in order to the committing of extortion, puts or attempts to put any person in fear of death or of grievous hurt to that person or to any other, shall be punished with imprisonment of either description for a term which may extend to seven years, and shall also be liable to fine.