Case Facts:
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.20503 of 2012 ====================================================== 1. Kamlesh Rai 2. Sanjiv Rai 3. Dharmendra Rai 4. Survind Rai .... .... Petitioner/s Versus The State Of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE DINESH KUMAR SINGH ORAL ORDER 02/ 13-07-2012 Heard learned counsels for the petitioners and the State. The petitioners are apprehending their arrest in a complaint case in which cognizance has been taken for the offences punishable under [STATUTE] . The accusation is making assault by the butt of pistol and snatched Rs.7,000/- and gold earring worth Rs.6,000/-. It is submitted by learned counsel for the petitioners that the complainant is the cousin brother of the petitioners and in the background of serious land dispute the accusation has been levelled whereas for the occurrence of 11.07.2008 the complaint has been filed on 16.07.2008. Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.20503 of 2012 (2) dt.13-07-2012 2/2 Considering the relationship between the complainant and the petitioners and the delayed lodging of the complaint, let the above named petitioners be released on anticipatory bail in the event of their arrest or surrender before the learned court below within a period of twelve weeks from today, on furnishing bail bond of Rs.10,000/- (Ten thousand) each with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of learned Chief Judicial Magistrate, Vaishali at Hajipur in connection with Complaint Case No. 2048 of 2008, subject to the conditions as laid down under Section 438(2) of the Cr.P.C. DKS/ (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.