Case Facts:
Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.24953 of 2012 (2) dt.13-07-2012 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.24953 of 2012 ====================================================== Dharmendra Singh, S/o Late Sudarshan Singh, R/o- Village- Awadhpura, P.S. Chapra Muffasil, District- Saran (Chapra). .... .... Petitioner. Versus The State of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party. ====================================================== Appearance : For the Petitioner/s : Mr. For the Opposite Party/s : Mr. ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE GOPAL PRASAD ORAL ORDER 2 13-07-2012 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned counsel for the State. The petitioner has been arrested in connection with Chapra Town P.S. Case No. 254 of 2011 registered under [STATUTE] . There is allegation of demand of ransom worth Rs.1,00,000/- from the informant and destroy the mirror of the shop of the informant. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that petitioner has not been named in the F.I.R. However, from the order of Additional Sessions Judge, it is apparent that in para 10 of the case diary the petitioner’s name has find place on confessional statement of co-accused Abhishek Sharma @ Nepali who is alleged to have inflicted Chhura blow on the right hand of Niraj Kumar Singh, Bhagina of the informant. However, co-accused Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.24953 of 2012 (2) dt.13-07-2012 Abhishek Sharma @ Nepali has been granted bail by this Court in Cr. Misc. no. 18953 of 2012. The petitioner is in jail custody since 09. 01. 2012. Having regard to the facts and circumstances of the case, the above named petitioner is directed to 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 the Judicial Magistrate 1st Class, Saran at Chapra, in connection with Chapra Town P.S. Case No. 254 of 2011, subject to condition that one of the bailors shall be near relative of the petitioner and he will file an affidavit to this effect that petitioner shall not indulge in such activity in future. Further condition that the petitioner shall file Hazri in the nearest police station once in a month for six months and he will appear on each and every date fixed in this case and any absence of the petitioner shall be subject to satisfaction of the court below on reasonable ground. m.p. (Gopal Prasad, 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.