Case Facts:
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.31939 of 2012 ====================================================== Subodh Choudhary & Ors. .... .... Petitioner/s Versus The State Of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE DINESH KUMAR SINGH ORAL ORDER 2 06-09-2012 Petitioners are apprehending their arrest in a case registered for the offences punishable under [STATUTE] . and 3(1)(X) of the S.C. & S.T.(Prevention of Atrocities) Act. Accusation is of making assault and abusing by calling caste name. It is submitted by learned counsel for the petitioners that for the occurrence of 03.06.2012 the F.I.R. was registered on 07.06.2012 when petitioners’ side lodged the case against the informant’s side at earlier point of time and title suit is also pending between the parties when the offence has not committed in public view. Considering the aforesaid submissions, let the petitioners namely 1. Subodh Choudhary 2. Sangam Choudhary @ Sargun Chaudhary 3. Bittu Choudhary, in the Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.31939 of 2012 (2) dt.06-09-2012 2 / 2 2 event of their arrest or surrender before the Court below within a period of 12 weeks from today, be released on anticipatory bail on furnishing bail bond of Rs. 10,000/-(ten thousand) each with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of learned Chief Judicial Magistrate, Munger in connection with Munger S.C./S.T. P.S. Case No. 29 of 2012. Shageer/- (Dinesh Kumar Singh, J)

Applicable IPC Section: 504

Statute Text:
Section 504 of the Indian Penal Code. Insult intended to provoke breach of the peace. Whoever intentionally insults, and thereby gives provocation to any person, intending or knowing it to be likely that such provocation will cause him to break the public peace, or to commit any other offence, shall be punished with imprisonment of either description for a term which may extend to two years, or with fine, or with both.