Case Facts:
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.2629 of 2012 ====================================================== Chandan Kumar @ Chandan Sipahi, S/O Yogeshwar Rai, R/O Village Bharthua, P.S. Aurai, Distt-Muzaffarpur. .... .... Petitioner Versus The State Of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE AMARESH KUMAR LAL ORAL ORDER (Per: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE AMARESH KUMAR LAL) 2 18-01-2012 Heard the learned counsel for the petitioner and the learned counsel for the State. The petitioner apprehends his arrest in connection with Muzaffarpur Town P.S. Case No.10/2006 (G.R. No.81/06) registered under [STATUTE] . It is submitted that during investigation, the name of the petitioner has appeared as one of the accused to have kept the mobile of the accused involved in demanding Rangdari from different persons. The charge-sheet has been submitted against the other accused and the investigation against the petitioner is still continuing. It is further submitted that in similarly situated co- accused namely Surya Nath Singh has been granted anticipatory Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.2629 of 2012 (2) dt.18-01-2012 2/2 bail by a Bench of this Court vide order dated 18.12.2006 passed in Cr. Misc. No.23738/2006. The learned counsel for the State could not controvert the contention of the learned counsel for the petitioner. Considering the facts and circumstances of the case, let the petitioner above-named be released on anticipatory bail in the event of arrest or surrender before the learned court below within a period of four weeks from today in connection with Muzaffarpur Town P.S. Case No.10/2006 (G.R. No.81/06) on furnishing bail bonds of Rs.10,000/- (ten thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of learned Sub-Divisional Judicial Magistrate (East), Muzaffarpur subject to the condition as laid down under Section 438 (2) of the Code of Criminal Procedure. V.K.Pandey/- (Amaresh Kumar Lal, J.)

Applicable IPC Section: 384

Statute Text:
Section 384 of the Indian Penal Code. Extortion. Whoever commits extortion shall be punished with imprisonment of either description for a term which may extend to three years, or with fine, or with both.