Case Facts:
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.25265 of 2012 ====================================================== Mukesh Kumar Singh .... .... Petitioner/s Versus The State Of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE DINESH KUMAR SINGH ORAL ORDER 3 30-07-2012 Petitioner being husband is apprehending his arrest in a case registered for the offences under [STATUTE] . Though petitioner is ready to keep the complainant as wife with full dignity and honour, but complainant is not ready to accept the offer of the petitioner and submits that petitioner has performed second marriage, which has been denied by learned counsel for the petitioner. In the alternative, petitioner is ready to pay Rs. 2000/- to the complainant from September, 2012, by depositing the same in the bank account of the complainant by second week of every month. The aforesaid offer is acceptable to the counsel for complainant who undertakes to supply the bank account number within a period of three weeks by filing the same on affidavit before learned Court below. Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.25265 of 2012 (3) dt.30-07-2012 2 / 2 2 Considering the stand of the parties, let the petitioner namely Mukesh Kumar Singh, in the event of his arrest or surrender before the Court below within a period of 12 weeks from today, be released on anticipatory bail, on furnishing bail bond of Rs. 10,000/-(ten thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of learned S.D.J.M., Munger in connection with Complaint Case No. 1131C of 2010. The aforesaid payments will be subject to any order being passed in matrimonial or maintenance proceeding. Three consecutive defaults in making payment will give liberty to the complainant to file appropriate application for cancellation of bail of the petitioner. Shageer/- (Dinesh Kumar Singh, J)

Applicable IPC Section: 386

Statute Text:
Section 386 of the Indian Penal Code. extortion by putting a person in fear of death or grievous hurt. Whoever commits extortion by putting any person in fear of death or of grievous hurt to that person or to any other, shall be punished with imprisonment of either description for a term which may extend to ten years, and shall also be liable to fine.