Case Facts:
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.25090 of 2012 ====================================================== Pawan Kumar Singh .... .... Petitioner. Versus The State Of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party. ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE DINESH KUMAR SINGH ORAL ORDER 2 23-07-2012 Heard learned counsels for the petitioner and the State. The petitioner is apprehending his arrest in a case registered for the offences punishable under [STATUTE] and ¾ of the Dowry Prohibition Act. It is alleged that the informant went to her sister in-laws’ house when this petitioner established forceful physical relationship with the informant in 2007. Thereafter, the informant was pregnant in 2008 and her pregnancy was terminated on promise that the petitioner shall marry and also executed a deed with regard to performing marriage on revenue stamp paper but subsequently dowry demand was made. It is submitted that medical report does not reflect any sign of termination of pregnancy and the Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.25090 of 2012 (2) dt.23-07-2012 2 / 2 2 age assessed by the doctor as about 19 years. Considering the aforesaid facts, let the petitioner, above named, be released on bail in the event of arrest or surrender before the learned court below within a period of twelve weeks from today in connection with Barhara P.S. Case No. 04 of 2012 on furnishing bail bond of Rs.10,000/-(Ten Thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of the learned C.J.M. Bhojpur at Arrah, subject to the conditions as laid down under Section 438(2) of the Code of Criminal Procedure. U.K./- (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.