ORDER

Date : 28-01-2021 Heard Mr. A. Ganguly, learned counsel for the petitioner and Mr.BB Gogoi, learned Additional Public Prosecutor for the respondent/State.

2. This revision is directed against the judgment and order dated 05-10-2013 passed by the learned Sessions Judge, Tinsukia, in Crl. A. 29(2)/2013. By the said judgment, learned Sessions Judge confirmed and upheld the conviction recorded and sentence awarded to the present petitioner u/s 384 of the IPC by the learned Judicial Magistrate in G.R. Case No. 35/2010.

3. The facts of the case in brief, which may be relevant for disposal of the revision is that the present petitioner demanded Rs. 2 lakhs from the informant under threat that unless Rs. 2 lakhs is paid, he would be picked up by the Army. Immediately the informant informed the Sadia Mahila Kalyan Manch about the said demand allegedly made by the petitioner. The said Mahila Kalyan Manch made an enquiry and found that the fact stated by the petitioner, for which the money was demanded was false. On 20-04-2010, when the petitioner came to the house of the informant to collect the money, he was apprehended and handed over to police. The FIR was lodged by Pradip Dutta (PW-1)