IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Cr.Misc. No.34759 of 2008 PRAVEEND KUMAR SINGH @ PARVEEN KUMAR SINGH @ PRAVEEN KUMAR SINGH @ PRAVENDRA KUMAR SINGH @ PARVEND KUMAR SINGH S/O- RAM NARAYAN SINGH, RESIDENT OF VILLAGE – BISHANPUR HARIABIR, P.S. KORHA, DISTRICT - KATIHAR Versus STATE OF BIHAR ----------- 2. 17.11.2008 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and the State. Petitioner is an accused in a case registered for the offences under sections 384, 406, 420 of the Indian Penal Code. The allegation is that petitioner alongwith co- accused Mukund Prasad Singh used to demand extortion money and in that process, he received a sum of Rs. 40,000/- on the alleged date of occurrence and . subsequently, till 2006, they received to the tune of Rs. 2 lacs from the informant. It is submitted on behalf of the petitioner that he has been made accused since he is brother-in-law of the co-accused Mukund Prasad Singh. Learned counsel for the State, opposes the prayer for bail and submits that there is specific allegation of extortion made against the petitioner as well as co-accused Mukund Prasad Singh for the alleged offence. - 2 - Considering the facts and circumstances of the case, I am not inclined to grant anticipatory bail to the petitioner. Accordingly, prayer for bail on behalf of the petitioner is rejected. Jagdish/- (Shailesh Kumar Sinha,J)