Case Facts:
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.41680 of 2012 ====================================================== Nagina Bhagat .... .... Petitioner. Versus The State Of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party. ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE DINESH KUMAR SINGH ORAL ORDER 2 04-12-2012 Heard learned counsels for the petitioner and the State. The petitioner is apprehending his arrest in a case registered for the offences punishable under [STATUTE] and 3(1)(x) of the SC/ST (Prevention of Atrocities Act). The accusations are of making assault and abusing by calling caste name. It is submitted that the accusation under SC/ST Act is omnibus and general against five persons when for occurrence of 14.08.2012- 16.08.2012, F.I.R. was registered on 17.08.2012 when there is admittedly land dispute and accusation under SC/ST Act is cosmetic one. The statement has been made in paragraph no.12 of the petition that the petitioner has no criminal antecedent. Considering the aforesaid facts, let the Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.41680 of 2012 (2) dt.04-12-2012 2 / 2 2 petitioner, above named, be released on bail in the event of arrest or surrender before the learned court below within a period of twelve weeks from today in connection with Vijaipur P.S. Case No. 138 of 2012 on furnishing bail bond of Rs.10,000/-(Ten Thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of the learned C.J.M. Gopalganj, subject to the conditions as laid down under Section 438(2) of the Code of Criminal Procedure. U.K./- (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.