Case Facts:
Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.46482 of 2012 (2) dt.04-12-2012 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.46482 of 2012 ====================================================== Manoj Mahto, son of late Rajendra Mahto, village of residence Kamalpur, P.S. Sajour, district Bhagalpur .... Petitioner Versus The State Of Bihar .... Opposite Party ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE GOPAL PRASAD ORAL ORDER 2 04-12-2012 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and the State. This is a petition for grant of regular bail for offence under [STATUTE] and 27 of the Arms Act. The learned counsel for the petitioner submits that there is no eye witness to the occurrence. However, from the order of the Session's Judge, it is apparent that there is no eye witness and the case is due to old enmity between the husband of the informant and the petitioner, hence, except suspicion there is nothing. Hence, having regard to the facts and circumstances of the case, the petitioner, above named, is directed to be released on bail on furnishing bail bond of Rs.10,000/- (rupees ten thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each in connection with Sahkund (Sajour) P.S. Case No. 91 of 2012 to the satisfaction of the Chief Judicial Magistrate, Bhagalpur, subject to the condition that the petitioner shall appear in Court on each and every date, fixed in the case and any absence, on two consecutive dates, without any reasonable ground to the satisfaction of the Court below, shall be a ground of cancellation of bail of the petitioner by the lower Court itself. SA/- (Gopal Prasad, J)

Applicable IPC Section: 329

Statute Text:
Section 329 of the Indian Penal Code. Voluntarily causing grievous hurt to extort property or a valuable security, or to constrain to do anything which is illegal, or which may facilitate the commission of an offence. Whoever voluntarily causes grievous hurt for the purpose of extorting from the sufferer or from any person interested in the sufferer any property or valuable security, or of constraining the sufferer or any person interested in such sufferer to do anything that is illegal or which may facilitate the commission of an offence, shall be punished with imprisonment for life, or imprisonment of either description for a term which may extend to ten years, and shall also be liable to fine.