Case Facts:
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.32339 of 2012 ====================================================== Rupam Kumari .... .... Petitioner/s Versus 1. The State Of Bihar 2. Vigilance Commissioner, VIB, Circular Road, Patna. .... .... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE DINESH KUMAR SINGH ORAL ORDER 04/ 01-10-2012 Heard learned counsels for the petitioner and the Vigilance. The petitioner is apprehending her arrest in a case registered for the offences punishable under [STATUTE] and 7 of Prevention of Corruption Act. It is alleged against the petitioner being the CDPO that she demanded rs.1500/- to 200/- from the Anganwari Sevikas for putting signature on the register and she allowed the funds to lapse. It is submitted by learned counsel for the petitioner that earlier also a case was lodged by the Sevikas being Dehri P.S. Case No. 217 of 2010 in which final form was submitted. It is further submitted that this petitioner lodged Dehri P.S. Case No. 204 of 2010 Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.32339 of 2012 (4) dt.01-10-2012 2/2 against the Sevikas in which they have been charge- sheeted, hence, as retaliatory measure the present case was registered on 22.08.2011. It is submitted by learned counsel for the Vigilance that the accusation has been supported by some of the Sevikas. Considering the aforesaid facts, let the above named petitioner be released on anticipatory bail in the event of her arrest or surrender before the learned court below within a period of twelve weeks from today, on furnishing bail bond of Rs.10,000/- (Ten thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of learned Special Judge, Vigilance-I, Patna in connection with Special Case No. 43 of 2011 arising out of Dehri (T) P.S. Case No. 435 of 2011, subject to the conditions as laid down under Section 438(2) of the Cr.P.C. DKS/ (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.