Case Facts:
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.42232 of 2011 1. Murari Singh son of Upendra Singh 2. Dasu Singh @ Desh Deepak, son of Murari Singh 3. Soni Singh @ Satrughan Kumar Singh, S/o – Jagdish Singh 4. Bobi Singh @ Viveka Nand Singh, S/o – Ujjawal Singh 5. Ajit Singh, S/o – Late Maheshwar Singh All are resident of village – Dariyapur, P.S. – Sajour (Shahkund), District – Bhagalpur. --------- Petitioners. Versus The State of Bihar --Opposite Party ********* 02. 13.01.2012 Heard learned counsel for the petitioners and learned Additional Public Prosecutor for the State. The petitioners, apprehending their arrest in connection with Shahkund (Sajour) P.S. Case No. 180/2011 for offences under [STATUTE] , are named accused in this case of assault and abuse to the informant blaming him as thieve. Submission is that not only case appears squarely covered under the decision of Apex Court in a case Jorgia Pentiah Vs. State of A.P. reported in 2009(1) BCCR 153(SC), but compromise has also been affected and due application has been filed which is on record. If, it is so, and the informant appearing before the court below on due identification admits factum of compromise with his free-will and consent without any coercion and also stood as one of the bailors, and in the event of his arrest or surrender within a period of four weeks, let the above-named petitioner be enlarged on bail on furnishing bail bond of sum of Rs. 10,000/- (ten thousand only) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of Chief Judicial Magistrate, Bhagalpur, in connection with Shahkund (Sajour) P.S. Case No. 180/2011, subject to condition under section 438(2) of the Code of Criminal Procedure, and additional condition to attend the court regularly till disposal of the case, in the event of failure on two consecutive dates, without any reasonable explanation, the privilege granted shall be deemed to be cancelled. Rajeev/- ( Akhilesh Chandra, J.)

Applicable IPC Section: 327

Statute Text:
Section 327 of the Indian Penal Code. Voluntarily causing hurt to extort property or a valuable security, or to constrain to do anything which is illegal or which may facilitate the commission of an offence. Whoever voluntarily causes hurt, for the purpose of extorting from the sufferer, or from any person interested in the sufferer, any property or valuable security, or of constraining the sufferer or any person interested in such sufferer to do anything which is illegal or which may facilitate the commission of an offence, shall be punished with imprisonment of either description for a term which may extend to ten years, and shall also be liable to fine.