Case Facts:
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.1599 of 2012 ====================================================== Rajeshwar Ram @ Rajeshwar Kumar .... .... Petitioner/s Versus The State Of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE DINESH KUMAR SINGH ORAL ORDER (Per: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE DINESH KUMAR SINGH) 2 19-01-2012 Heard learned counsels for the petitioner and the State. The petitioner is apprehending his arrest in a case registered under [STATUTE] and Section 17 of the C. L. Act. It is alleged that the some extremists captured community hall and demanded ransom from the informant when the F.I.R. was lodged against one Arbind and 8-9 unknown persons. The petitioner’s name subsequently sprang up during investigation, the charge sheet was submitted in the year 2008. It is submitted that the petitioner has not received any summons and the petitioner being the elected Mukhiya has no criminal antecedent. Considering the aforesaid facts, let the above named petitioner be released on anticipatory bail in the event of his arrest or surrender before the learned court below within a period of Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.1599 of 2012 (2) dt.19-01-2012 2/2 twelve weeks from today, on furnishing the bail bond of Rs. 10,000/- (ten thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of learned Sub-divisional Judicial Magistrate, Rohtas in connection with Kargahar P.S. Case No. 47 of 2008 subject to the conditions as laid down under Section 438(2) of the Cr.P.C. Amrendra (Dinesh Kumar Singh, J.)

Applicable IPC Section: 385

Statute Text:
Section 385 of the Indian Penal Code. Putting or attempting to put in fear of injury, in order to commit extortion. Whoever, in order to the committing of extortion, puts any person in fear, or attempts to put any person in fear, of any injury, shall be punished with imprisonment of either description for a term which may extend to two years, or with fine, or with both.