Case Facts:
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.8190 of 2012 ====================================================== 1. Santosh Sah S/O Muso Sah R/O Village- Salarpur, P.S.- Parbatta, District- Khagaria 2. Pinki Devi W/O Santosh Sah R/O Village- Salarpur, P.S.- Parbatta, District- Khagaria .... .... Petitioner/s Versus 1. The State Of Bihar 2. Kailash Sah S/O Muso Sah R/O Village- Salarpur, P.S.- Parbatta, District- Khagaria .... .... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance : For the Petitioner/s : Mr. Lalan Kumar, Adv. For the State : Mr. Aslam Ansari, A.P.P. ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE JUSTICE SMT. ANJANA PRAKASH ORAL ORDER 2. 09-07-2012 Heard learned counsel for the petitioners and the State. The petitioners seek quashing of the First Information Report of Parbatta P.S. Case No. 185 of 2011 (G.R. No. 1227 of 2011) instituted under [STATUTE] . It has been submitted on behalf of the Petitioners that the Petitioner No. 1 and the Informant both are brothers and the present First Information Report has been instituted for the reasons of land dispute. Since the case is still at the stage of investigation, I am not inclined to interfere in the matter. Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.8190 of 2012 (2) dt.09-07-2012 2 / 2 2 The application is disposed off with direction to the Investigating Officer to file a Closure Report within a period of three months of the receipt of this order if he has not done so already. Let this order be communicated to the Superintendent of Police, Khagaria, in connection with Parbatta P.S. Case No. 185 of 2011 (G.R. No. 1227 of 2011) through FAX at the cost of the Petitioners. S.Ali (Anjana Prakash, 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.