Case Facts:
Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.32517 of 2012 (2) dt.28-08-2012 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No. 32517 of 2012 ====================================================== 1. Sheo Pujan Singh 2. Upendra Singh .... .... Petitioner/s Versus The State of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE GOPAL PRASAD ORAL ORDER 2 28-08-2012 Heard learned counsel for the petitioners and learned counsel for the State. This is a petition for grant of regular bail in a case under [STATUTE] , Section 25(1-b)(a), 26, 35 of the Arms Act as well as Section 17 of the Criminal Law Amendment Act. It is alleged that one Mukesh Singh @ Munna is an active member of the C.P.I. Maoist. He along with his father and brothers were planning to collect levy and then the police conducted raid in the house of Mukesh Singh @ Munna from where several firearms as well as pamphlets and Naxal connecting papers were also recovered. Learned counsel for the petitioners submits that neither the petitioners nor Mukesh Singh @ Munna were arrested at the spot. The petitioners have surrendered on 06.01.2012 and since then they are in jail. Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.32517 of 2012 (2) dt.28-08-2012 Hence, having regard to the facts and circumstances of the case, the petitioners above named are ordered to be released on bail on furnishing bail bond of Rs.10,000/- (ten thousand) each with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of the learned Ad hoc 3rd Additional Sessions Judge, Gaya in connection with Tekari P. S. Case No. 273 of 2009 pending in S. Tr. No. 49 of 2012, subject to the condition that the petitioners shall appear in the case on each and every date fixed by the court below and any absence of the petitioners shall be subject to the satisfaction of the court below on reasonable grounds. Kundan/- (Gopal Prasad, J.)

Applicable IPC Section: 386

Statute Text:
Section 386 of the Indian Penal Code. extortion by putting a person in fear of death or grievous hurt. Whoever commits extortion by putting any person in fear of death or of grievous hurt to that person or to any other, shall be punished with imprisonment of either description for a term which may extend to ten years, and shall also be liable to fine.