Case Facts:
Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.16295 of 2012 (3) dt.09-07-2012 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.16295 of 2012 ====================================================== Kanchan Kumar@Kanchan Kumar Bhana@Prabhakar Kumar@Prabhakar .... .... Petitioner/s Versus The State Of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party/s CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE HEMANT KUMAR SRIVASTAVA ORAL ORDER 03/ 09.07.2012 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner as well as learned Addl. Public Prosecutor for the State. Petitioner is in jail custody since 3.1.2012 in a case registered under [STATUTE] . Admittedly, none has received any fire arm injury and no fire arm was recovered from the possession of the petitioner. The contention of learned counsel for the petitioner is that the petitioner has falsely been implicated in this case at the behest of Rupam Kumari who happens to be Sub Inspector of Police and she lodged Kotwali P.S. Case no. 409/2011 against the petitioner and prior to the aforesaid case, only one case i.e. Kotwali P.S. Case no.156/1999 had been registered against the petitioner. Considering the aforesaid facts and circumstances as well as submissions of the parties, let the petitioner, Kanchan Kumar @ Kanchan Kumar Bhanu @ Prabhakar Kumar @ Prabhakar Kumar Bhanu, be released on bail on furnishing bail bonds of Rs 10,000/- with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of the Addl. Sessions Judge FTC V, Munger in Sessions trial no. 204/2012 arising out of Kotwali P.S. Case no. 05/2012. shahid (Hemant Kumar Srivastava,J)

Applicable IPC Section: 386

Statute Text:
Section 386 of the Indian Penal Code. extortion by putting a person in fear of death or grievous hurt. Whoever commits extortion by putting any person in fear of death or of grievous hurt to that person or to any other, shall be punished with imprisonment of either description for a term which may extend to ten years, and shall also be liable to fine.