Case Facts:
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.4248 of 2012 ====================================================== Shiv Shankar Yadav .... .... Petitioner/s Versus The State Of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== with Criminal Miscellaneous No.5777 of 2012 ====================================================== Rajeev Sahni .... .... Petitioner/s Versus The State Of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE DINESH KUMAR SINGH ORAL ORDER 2 09-02-2012 Petitioners are apprehending their arrest in a case registered for the offences punishable under [STATUTE] . Accusation is that when the informant’s truck dashed one bicycle rider when informant agreed to pay Rs. 1500/- to victim when in a sumo vehicle three persons came and took away two batteries and driving license, subsequently name of Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.4248 of 2012 (2) dt.09-02-2012 2 / 2 2 the petitioners sprang up as occupant of sumo vehicle. It is submitted by learned counsel for the petitioner from petitioner Shiv Shankar Yadav nothing has been recovered and only on suspicion he has been named. Considering the nature of accusation and in view of this Court, it is a fit case for consideration of regular bail. Let learned Court below consider regular bail of the petitioners, preferably on the same day, if the petitioners surrender within a period of six weeks in connection with K. Hat(Maranga) P.S. Case No. 252 of 2011, pending in the Court of learned Chief Judicial Magistrate, Purnia. With the observations above, the application stands disposed off. Let the order of this Court be transmitted through FAX to the learned Court below at the cost of the petitioners. 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.