Case Facts:
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.1237 of 2012 Haribhushan Singh Versus The State Of Bihar ---------------------------------- 2/ 25.1.2012 Heard learned counsels for the petitioner and the State. The petitioner is languishing in custody since 2.12.2011 in a case registered under [STATUTE] and section 27 of the Arms Act. It is alleged that there was some dispute between constable and the jail inmates and when the protest was made, the chamber of the Jail Superintendent was damaged. The FIR was lodged against six named accused persons and several unknown. It is submitted that the petitioner was not named in the FIR. The petitioner’s name subsequently sprang up. Considering the general nature of allegations against several persons, let the above named petitioner be released on bail on furnishing the bail bond of Rs.10000/(ten thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of J.M. Ist Class, Saran at Chapra in Bhagwan Bazar P.S. Case no. 37 of 2002. However, the learned court below will cancel the bail bond of the petitioner in case he defaults on three consecutive dates. 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.