Case Facts:
Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.14407 of 2012 (2) dt.19-04-2012 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.14407 of 2012 ====================================================== Santosh Kumar .... .... Petitioner/s Versus The State Of Bihar & Anr .... .... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE DINESH KUMAR SINGH ORAL ORDER 2 19-04-2012 Heard learned counsels for the petitioner and the State. The petitioner is apprehending arrest in a complaint case in which cognizance has been taken for the offences under [STATUTE] . It is alleged that the complainant purchased an O.V. Van which to be run for the business purpose in partnership of the petitioner. Subsequently, the petitioner also took rupees fifty thousand from the complainant for depositing the same in the name of firm but when the complainant wanted his share of profit from the O.V. Van and the money to be given, it was not returned and rupees five thousand was snatched from the complainant. It is submitted that on 1.4.2011 the petitioner lodged a case against the complainant for the offences under [STATUTE] and Section 3(1)(x) of the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989 and thereafter the present complaint was lodged on Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.14407 of 2012 (2) dt.19-04-2012 3.5.2011. Considering the nature of accusation and the fact that the petitioner also lodged a case at earlier point of time, let the above named petitioner 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 thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of the learned Chief Judicial Magistrate, Patna in connection with Complaint Case No. 1201 C of 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.