Case Facts:
Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.29870 of 2012 (2) dt.10-09-2012 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.29870 of 2012 =============================================== Jai Prakash Narayan Sinha, son of Late Doman Ram .... .... Petitioner/s Versus The State Of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party/s ============================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE AKHILESH CHANDRA ORAL ORDER 2 10-09-2012 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner, learned counsel for the informant and learned Additional Public Prosecutor for the State. This application has been filed for the grant of regular bail to the petitioner who has been made an accused in a case registered for the offences punishable under [STATUTE] and 3(V)(VI)(X)(XI) of SC/ST (Prevention of Atrocities) Act. The petitioner is one of the named accused in this case instituted for an offence said to have been taken place on 20th of March 2012 but a grievance was satisfied against alleged payment of Rs. 500/- but when after a month there was additional demand of money the petitioner said to have been abused and threatened to assault. Other co-accused non-petitioner took away some cash and mobile phone of the petitioner. Having regard to the facts and circumstances of the case, let the above named petitioner be enlarged on bail on furnishing bail bond of Rs. 10,000/- (ten thousand only) with two Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.29870 of 2012 (2) dt.10-09-2012 sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of Chief Judicial Magistrate, Bhagalpur, in connection with Pirpainty P.S. Case No. 66/2012, with a condition to remain physically present before the court below on each and every date till disposal of the case, in case of failure on two consecutive dates without giving any reasonable explanation, the liberty granted shall be deemed to be cancelled. Rajeev/- (Akhilesh Chandra, 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.