Case Facts:
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.33605 of 2012 ====================================================== Sanjeet Singh .... .... Petitioner/s Versus The State Of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE DINESH KUMAR SINGH ORAL ORDER 2 05-09-2012 Petitioner is apprehending his arrest in a case registered for the offences punishable under [STATUTE] . It is alleged that during panchayat election, the ballot papers were torn and when the informant was returning, hundred people surrounded the vehicle of the informant and threatened and forced him to recommend for re-election. It is submitted that the name of the petitioner sprang up during investigation. A statement has been made in para 11 that petitioner has no criminal antecedent. Considering the same, let the petitioner namely Sanjeet 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. Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.33605 of 2012 (2) dt.05-09-2012 2 / 2 2 10,000/-(ten thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of learned Chief Judicial Magistrate, Khagaria in connection with Alauli P.S. Case No. 55 of 2011(G.R. No. 617A/11. Shageer/- (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.