Case Facts:
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.24503 of 2012 ====================================================== 1. Purendra Paswan 2. Shailendra Paswan. .... .... Petitioner/s Versus The State Of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== with Criminal Miscellaneous No.25335 of 2012 ====================================================== 1. Shiv Prasad Paswan 2. Chandeshwar Paswan. .... .... Petitioner/s Versus The State Of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE DINESH KUMAR SINGH ORAL ORDER 2 20-07-2012 Heard learned counsels for the petitioner and the State. The petitioners are apprehending arrest in a case registered for the offences punishable under [STATUTE] . The accusations are of making assault with fists and slaps and demanding extortion of Rs. 20,000/-. It is submitted by learned counsel for the petitioners that all the petitioners are brothers and when they went to the informant being the Panchayat Mukhiya for providing the benefits under Indira Awas Scheme then the present case has been lodged. A statement has been made in para 12 of the petition that the petitioners have no criminal antecedent. Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.24503 of 2012 (2) dt.20-07-2012 2/2 Considering the aforesaid facts, let the above named petitioners be released on anticipatory bail, in the event of arrest or surrender before the learned Court below within a period of 12 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 the learned Sub-divisional Judicial Magistrate, Birpur, Supaul in connection with Raghopur P.S. Case No. 31 of 2011, subject to the conditions as laid down under Section 438(2) Cr.P.C. Amrendra/- (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.