Case Facts:
Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.44580 of 2012 (2) dt.14-12-2012 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.44580 of 2012 ====================================================== 1. Lalita Devi @ Kalawati Devi W/O Nagina Singh R/O Village - Barharwa Khurd, P.S. Dumariyaghat, District - East Champaran .... .... Petitioner/s Versus 1. The State Of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance : For the Petitioner/s : Mr. Virendra Kumar, Advocate For the State : Mr. Nityanand, APP ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE CHAKRADHARI SHARAN SINGH ORAL ORDER 2 14-12-2012 Heard Mr. Virendra Kumar, learned counsel for the petitioner and Mr. Nityanand, learned Additional Public Prosecutor for the State. The petitioner is in custody since 13.9.2012 in connection with Dumariyaghat P.S. case No. 8 of 2004 registered for the offences punishable under [STATUTE] and seeks for regular bail in the present application. The petitioner is the mother-in-law of the deceased, who was married to the petitioner’s son on 11.5.2003. The date of death of the deceased is 25.6.2003. On 29.7.2003 complaint petition was filed by the father of the deceased, making allegation of offence punishable under [STATUTE] which finally Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.44580 of 2012 (2) dt.14-12-2012 led to institution of the present FIR. Learned counsel for the petitioner at the very outset has referred to the judgment dated 26.7.2011 of learned Third Additional Sessions Judge, Motihari in Sessions Trial No. 187 of 2006, whereby the petitioner’s husband i.e. father-in-law of the deceased had been finally acquitted. Learned counsel has particularly referred to paragraph 10 of the judgment in order to contend that the informant himself did not support the prosecution story. In view of the above, let the petitioner, Lalita Devi alias Kalawati Devi be released on bail on furnishing bail bond of Rs. 10,000/- (ten thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of Sri R.K. Bharti, learned Judicial Magistrate Ist Class, Motihari in connection with Dumariyaghat P.S. case No. 8 of 2004. Arun Kumar/- (Chakradhari Sharan 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.