In Lichens v. Superior Court (1960) 181 Cal.App.2d 573, the evidence at best established that "the only purpose of the bribe was to induce the victim to 'drop the case' (an act which would have required the consent of the district attorney at that time), not that the victim would not attend upon the trial and hearing of said action." ( Id. at p. 576.) The Lichens court held that such evidence failed to show the essential elements of Penal Code section 136 1/2. Thus, as a matter of law, there was no reasonable or probable cause for returning the indictment.