Case Facts:
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.25519 of 2012 ====================================================== Md. Hadi .... .... Petitioner/s Versus The State Of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE DINESH KUMAR SINGH ORAL ORDER 3 30-07-2012 Petitioner is apprehending his arrest in a case registered for the offences punishable under [STATUTE] . It is alleged that petitioner being brother-in-law of the informant used to demand Rs. 10,000/- as extortion and for non-payment assault was made with fists and slaps and subsequently injury was tried to be caused by knife. It is submitted by learned counsel for the petitioner that there is no injury caused to the informant and the date of actual occurrence has not been mentioned in the First Information Report. It is further submitted that petitioner has never been involved in similar nature of offence. Considering the same aforesaid facts, let the petitioner namely Md. Hadi, in the event of his arrest or surrender before the Court below within a period of 12 weeks Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.25519 of 2012 (3) dt.30-07-2012 2 / 2 2 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 Sub-Divisional Judicial Magistrate, Pupri at Sitamarhi in connection with Bajpatti P.S. Case No. 34 of 2012. Shageer/- (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.