Case Facts:
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.39933 of 2012 ====================================================== Rajeev Kumar .... .... Petitioner/s Versus The State Of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE DINESH KUMAR SINGH ORAL ORDER 2 19-10-2012 Heard learned counsels for the petitioner and the State. The petitioner is apprehending arrest in a case registered for the offences punishable under [STATUTE] , Section 25(1-b)A and 27 of the Arms Act, Section 3/4 of the Explosive Substances Act and Section 3(2) of the Damage to Prevention of Property Act. It is alleged that on 02.05.2012, the informant being the Block Development Officer was on duty when a procession of about 3,000 people was led by one Raja Ram Singh being Ex- MLA, which was protesting against death of Devendra Yadav being the Panchayat Mukhiya. Subsequently, the procession became furious and started slogan and also started pelting stones and set the vehicle of the informant on fire when 29 persons were apprehended. The petitioner was not named in the FIR, his name subsequently sprang up during investigation as he was instigating Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.39933 of 2012 (2) dt.19-10-2012 2/2 the mob. It is submitted by learned counsel for the petitioner that the accusation is general against the mob and a statement has been made in the petition that the petitioner has no criminal antecedent. Considering the aforesaid facts, 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, Aurangabad in connection with Aurangabad Town P.S. Case No. 155 of 2012, subject to the conditions as laid down under Section 438(2) Cr.P.C. Amrendra/- (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.