Case Facts:
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.26183 of 2012 ====================================================== Suman Kumar @ Suman Sharma .... .... Petitioner/s Versus The State Of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE DINESH KUMAR SINGH ORAL ORDER 2 31-07-2012 Petitioner is apprehending his arrest in a case registered for the offences punishable under [STATUTE] . It is alleged that through mobile the extortion demand of Rs. 2,00,000/- were made when the caller disclosed his name as Babloo Dubey. The F.I.R. was lodged against unknown. After trapping the mobile one Santosh Kumar was apprehended who named this petitioner. It is submitted by learned counsel for the petitioner that Santosh Kumar was on inimical term with the petitioner, hence he named the petitioner. A statement has been made in para 15 of the petition that petitioner has no criminal antecedent. Considering the aforesaid facts, let the petitioner namely Suman Kumar @ Suman Sharma, in the event of his Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.26183 of 2012 (2) dt.31-07-2012 2 / 2 2 arrest or surrender before the 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, Motihari in connection with Motihari Town P.S. Case No. 110 of 2011. The bail bond of the petitioner will be accepted on filing affidavit that he will cooperate in the investigation. Let the said affidavit be transmitted to the concerned I.O. by learned Court below. Non-cooperation in the investigation will give liberty to the prosecution to file appropriate application for cancellation of bail of the petitioner. 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.