Case Facts:
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.3932 of 2012 ====================================================== Madan Mohan Upadhyay .... .... Petitioner/s Versus The State Of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance : For the Petitioner/s : Mr. For the Opposite Party/s : Mr. ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE DINESH KUMAR SINGH ORAL ORDER 2 06-02-2012 Petitioner being constable in the Home Guard is apprehending his arrest in a case registered for the offences under [STATUTE] . The accusation is that on the basis of newspaper publication to the effect that the constables and the police personnel posted at Gopalganj turning were collecting money by getting vehicle illegally parked causing inconvenience to the general traffic. It is submitted by learned counsel for the petitioner that on some paper publication the F.I.R. has been lodged and in fact on the basis of the same, no case for extortion is made out and considering the same other has been granted bail in Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.3932 of 2012 (2) dt.06-02-2012 2 / 2 2 the matter. Considering the aforesaid facts, let the petitioner namely Madan Mohan Upadhyay, in the event of his arrest or surrender before learned Court below within a period of 12 weeks from today, be released on anticipatory bail on furnishing bail bond of Rs. 10,000/-(ten thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of learned Chief Judicial Magistrate, Siwan in connection with Siwan Muffasil P.S. Case No. 310 of 2010. Shageer/- (Dinesh Kumar Singh, J)

Applicable IPC Section: 384

Statute Text:
Section 384 of the Indian Penal Code. Extortion. Whoever commits extortion shall be punished with imprisonment of either description for a term which may extend to three years, or with fine, or with both.