Case Facts:
Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.35967 of 2012 (2) dt.21-09-2012 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.35967 of 2012 ====================================================== Sunil Singh .... .... Petitioner/s Versus The State Of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE DINESH KUMAR SINGH ORAL ORDER 2 21-09-2012 Heard learned counsels for the petitioner and the State. The petitioner is apprehending arrest in a case registered for the offences punishable under [STATUTE] . It is alleged that the petitioner and one Bablu Singh, the proprietor of Agro Clinic, Agro Business Centres, Rajepur Sakaldiha, District – Chandauli (Uttar Pradesh) received Rupees two lacs forty thousand when rupees eighty thousand was given to the agent of petitioner, namely, Sanjay Kumar for supplying 500 bags of wheat seeds but neither wheat seeds were supplied nor the money was returned. It is submitted that the petitioner supplied wheat seeds for Rs.2,56,000 for which invoice has been brought on record and rupees eighty thousand is alleged to have been paid to Sanjay Kumar with whom the petitioner has no concern. More over, Sanjay Kumar has been granted anticipatory bail . Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.35967 of 2012 (2) dt.21-09-2012 Considering the accusation arising out of contractual nature of dispute, 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 twelve 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 learned SDJM, Bikramganj in connection with Bikramganj P.S. Case No. 9 of 2012 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.