Indian Penal Code, 1860
Section 506—Criminal intimidation—Petition to quash FIR declined by High Court—Appeal—Allegation in the FIR is that accused persons threatened and pressurized the first informant to withdraw her earlier FIR—Appellant has not been named in the FIR as one of the accused persons and his name is surfaced in further statement of first informant—First informant in her further statement made out altogether a different story than what she narrated in the FIR—Just because appellant happens to be son-in-law of a very hardened criminal as alleged, he has been roped by way of further statement—None of ingredients to constitute the offence punishable under Section 195A of the IPC are disclosed—To give threat to a person to withdraw a complaint or FIR or settle the dispute would not attract Section 195A of the IPC—Even no offence under Section 386 of the IPC can be said to have been made out as there is nothing to indicate that there was actually delivery of possession of property (money) by the person put in fear—Entire case put up by the first informant on the face of it appears to be concocted and fabricated—FIR deserves to be quashed insofar as appellant is concerned—Appeal allowed. [Criminal Procedure Code, 1973, Section 482]
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