Case Facts:
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.45143 of 2012 ====================================================== Umesh Prasad S/O Sitaram Prasad Resident Of Village- Kurmawan, P.S.- Cherki, District- Gaya. .... .... Petitioner. Versus The State Of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party. ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE DINESH KUMAR SINGH ORAL ORDER 2 05-12-2012 Heard learned counsels for the petitioner and the State. The petitioner is apprehending his arrest in a case registered for the offences punishable under [STATUTE] and 3(1)(x) of the SC/ST (Prevention of Atrocities Act). It is alleged that the complainant alongwith 16 others withdrew Rs. 10,000/-, the second installment under Indira Awas Scheme on 12.08.2011 when the petitioner realized Rs. 2,000/- from each beneficiary and abused by calling caste name. It is submitted by learned senior counsel for the petitioner that the Investigating Officer enquired from the bank when the bank transmitted a report dated 30.11.2012 that from the account of the complainant and others no withdrawal was made on 12.08.2011 when for the cause of action of Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.45143 of 2012 (2) dt.05-12-2012 2 / 2 2 12.08.2011, complaint was filed on 13.12.2011 which came to be registered as police case on 02.04.2012 and it is submitted that the petitioner has no criminal antecedent and accusation under SC/ST Act is merely a cosmetic. Considering the aforesaid facts, let the petitioner, above named, be released on bail in the event of arrest or surrender before the learned court below within a period of twelve weeks from today in connection with SC/ST P.S. Case No.28 of 2012 on furnishing bail bond of Rs.10,000/-(Ten Thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of the learned C.J.M. Gaya, subject to the conditions as laid down under Section 438(2) of the Code of Criminal Procedure. U.K./- (Dinesh Kumar Singh, J)

Applicable IPC Section: 384

Statute Text:
Section 384 of the Indian Penal Code. Extortion. Whoever commits extortion shall be punished with imprisonment of either description for a term which may extend to three years, or with fine, or with both.