3. The FIR, in connection with which the petitioner was arrested, was lodged by the police personnel of Murajhar Police Station stating inter alia that the petitioner along with others, some known and some unknown operates as a group or gang and pursuant to a criminal conspiracy and with common intention and common object stays in and around the precincts of Murajhar Police Station. It has been alleged that by deceitful means including by impersonating themselves as advocates or persons attached to the department, the petitioner and the other accused persons threaten members of the public, cheat them and take money from them. It has been further alleged that the petitioner and the other accused persons intercept persons who come to the police station and by impersonating themselves as advocates, sometimes enforce settlements between the parties and at other times by giving deceitful advice induce the parties to part with money. It has also been alleged that on certain occasions they threaten persons with lodging criminal cases against them.
