Case Facts:
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.1399 of 2012 ====================================================== Parmanand Pandey S/O Late Ram Singhashan Pandey R/O Village - Purushottampur, P.S. Chainpur, District - Kaimur at Bhabua .... .... Petitioner. Versus The State of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party. ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE DINESH KUMAR SINGH ORAL ORDER (Per: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE DINESH KUMAR SINGH) 02/ 31-01-2012 Heard learned counsels for the petitioner and the State. The petitioner is languishing in custody since 27.09.2011 in a case registered for the offences punishable under [STATUTE] . It is alleged against Arman Khan to have demanded extortion. The petitioner was not named in the F.I.R. Subsequently the name of the petitioner surfaced as the associate of the main accused. Considering the suspicious nature of the accusation, let the petitioner namely Parmanand Pandey, be released on bail on furnishing bail bond of Rs.10,000/- (ten thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.1399 of 2012 (2) dt.31-01-2012 2/2 to the satisfaction of learned Chief Judicial Magistrate, Kaimur at Bhabua in connection with Chainpur P.S. Case No. 07 of 2011. DKS/ (Dinesh Kumar Singh, J.)

Applicable IPC Section: 386

Statute Text:
Section 386 of the Indian Penal Code. extortion by putting a person in fear of death or grievous hurt. Whoever commits extortion by putting 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 ten years, and shall also be liable to fine.