Case Facts:
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.39627 of 2012 ====================================================== Ajay Singh @ Ajay Kumar Singh S/O Chandeshwar Prasad Singh R/O Village - Jumman Mahamadpur, P.S. - Patepur, Distt. - Vaishali .... .... Petitioner. Versus The State Of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party. ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE DINESH KUMAR SINGH ORAL ORDER 2 18-10-2012 Heard learned counsels for the petitioner and the State. The petitioner is apprehending his arrest in a case registered for the offences punishable under [STATUTE] and 3(1)(x) of the SC/ST (Prevention of Atrocities Act). It is alleged that the petitioner pushed the informant on the ground, took away Rs. 4200/-and two drums of toddy and also abused by calling caste name. It is submitted by learned counsel for the petitioner that for occurrence of 15.12.2010, F.I.R. was registered on 24.12.2010 and it has not been claimed by the informant that offence under SC/ST Act has taken place in public view. The statement has been made in paragraph no. 9 of the petition Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.39627 of 2012 (2) dt.18-10-2012 2 / 2 2 that the petitioner has no criminal antecedent. Considering delayed lodging of the case, let the petitioner, above named, be released on bail in the event of arrest or surrender before the learned court below within a period of twelve weeks from today in connection with Hajipur SC/ST P.S. Case No. 565 of 2010 on furnishing bail bond of Rs.10,000/- (Ten Thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of the learned C.J.M. Vaishali at Hajipur, subject to the conditions as laid down under Section 438(2) of the Code of Criminal Procedure. U.K./- (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.