Quick little init.d template:

#!/bin/bash
# <Application Name>
# chkconfig: 345 20 80
# description: <Description>
# processname: <Process Name|Application Name|Short name>
# author: Richard Sumilang <me@richardsumilang.com>
# see: https://wiki.debian.org/LSBInitScripts


CMD=""                             # Command goes here
NAME="<Short Application Name>"    # Short Application Name
PIDFILE=/var/run/$NAME.pid         # Process ID File
SCRIPTNAME=/etc/init.d/$NAME       # This script name

case "$1" in
start)

    # Make sure process is not already running
    if [ -f $PIDFILE ]; then
        echo "PID already exists: $PIDFILE"
        exit 1
    fi

    # Use pgrep to retrieve the Process ID
    $CMD
    sleep 1
    PID=`pgrep -fn "$CMD"`

    # Save process ID to file
    if [ -z $PID ]; then
        printf "%s\n" "Failed to start $NAME"
    else
        echo $PID > $PIDFILE
        printf "%s\n" "$NAME ... Ok"
    fi
;;
status)
    printf "%-50s" "Checking $NAME..."
    if [ -f $PIDFILE ]; then
        PID=`cat $PIDFILE`
        if [ -z "`ps axf | grep ${PID} | grep -v grep`" ]; then
            printf "%s\n" "Process dead but pidfile exists"
        else
            echo "$NAME is Running"
        fi
    else
        printf "%s\n" "$NAME is not running"
    fi
;;
stop)
    printf "%-50s" "Stopping $NAME"
    PID=`cat $PIDFILE`
    if [ -f $PIDFILE ]; then
        kill $PID
        printf "%s\n" "Ok"
        rm -f $PIDFILE
    else
        printf "%s\n" "pidfile not found"
    fi
;;

restart)
    $0 stop
    $0 start
;;

*)
    echo "Usage: $0 {status|start|stop|restart}"
    exit 1
esac