Case Facts:
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.39907 of 2012 ====================================================== 1. Deepak Thakur S/O Manoj Thakur R/O Village - Sheetalpur, P.S. Chakiya, District - East Champaran 2. Vikash Thakur S/O Manoj Thakur R/O Village - Sheetalpur, P.S. Chakiya, District - East Champaran 3. Manoj Thakur S/O Ramchandra Thakur R/O Village - Sheetalpur, P.S. Chakiya, District - East Champaran 4. Arbind Thakur S/O Ramchandra Thakur R/O Village - Sheetalpur, P.S. Chakiya, District - East Champaran 5. Munna Thakur S/O Ramchandra Thakur R/O Village - Sheetalpur, P.S. Chakiya, District - East Champaran 6. Arun Thakur S/O Ramchandra Thakur R/O Village - Sheetalpur, P.S. Chakiya, District - East Champaran 7. Mantu Thakur S/O Ramchandra Thakur R/O Village - Sheetalpur, P.S. Chakiya, District - East Champaran 8. Dharohar Devi W/O Ramuchit Thakur R/O Village - Sheetalpur, P.S. Chakiya, District - East Champaran 9. Krishna Devi W/O Manoj Thakur R/O Village - Sheetalpur, P.S. Chakiya, District - East Champaran 10. Ramchandra Thakur S/O Late Ramuchit Thakur R/O Village - Sheetalpur, P.S. Chakiya, District - East Champaran .... .... Petitioner/s Versus 1. The State Of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE DINESH KUMAR SINGH ORAL ORDER 2 19-10-2012 Heard learned counsels for the petitioners and the State. The petitioners are apprehending arrest in a case registered for the offences punishable under [STATUTE] and sections 3(1)(x) of the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act. It is alleged that the grand daughter of the informant Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.39907 of 2012 (2) dt.19-10-2012 2/2 was dragged out from the house and was badly assaulted when the jewellery and other things were snatched from the daughter in law of the informant. It is further alleged the informant was abused by calling the caste name. It is submitted that the occurrence has not taken place in public view when no injury has been caused and the informant has retracted from the initial version. Considering the aforesaid facts, let the above named petitioner be released on anticipatory bail in the event of 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) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of learned CJM, Motihari, East Champaran in connection with Chakiya P.S. Case No. 204 of 2012 subject to the conditions as laid down under Section 438(2) Cr.P.C. Anil/- (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.