Case Facts:
Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.13733 of 2012 (3) dt.03-05-2012 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.13733 of 2012 ====================================================== Shakti Kumar, son of Mithilesh Kumar Gupta .... .... Petitioner/s Versus The State Of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE AKHILESH CHANDRA ORAL ORDER 3 03-05-2012 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned Additional Public Prosecutor for the State who is armed with carbon copy of the case diary. This application has been filed for the grant of regular bail to the petitioner who is in custody since 13.02.2012 for the offences punishable under [STATUTE] . The petitioner is one of the named accused in this case of instigating daughter of the informant to go to a particular hotel on certain complain against her paramour where she was providing cold drink resulting into some uneasiness and weakness and she has also been teased. Submission is of false implication and having no criminal antecedent. Moreover, co-accused Sunil Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.13733 of 2012 (3) dt.03-05-2012 Kumar has already been released on bail vide order dated 06.04.2012 passed in Cr. Misc. No. 14518/2012 and now charge-sheet has also been submitted in this case. Having regard to the facts and circumstances of the case, let the above named petitioner be enlarged on bail on furnishing bail bond of Rs. 10,000/- (ten thousand only) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate, Patna City, in connection with Sultanganj P.S. Case No. 15/2012 with a condition to remain physically present before the court below on each and every date till disposal of the case, in case of failure on two consecutive dates without giving any reasonable explanation, the liberty granted shall be deemed to be cancelled. Rajeev/- (Akhilesh Chandra, J.)

Applicable IPC Section: 509

Statute Text:
Section 509 of the Indian Penal Code. Uttering any word or making any gesture intended to insult the modesty of a woman, etc. Whoever, intending to insult the modesty of any woman, utters any word, makes any sound or gesture, or exhibits any object, intending that such word or sound shall be heard, or that such gesture or object shall be seen, by such woman, or intrudes upon the privacy of such woman, shall be punished with simple imprisonment for a term which may extend to three years, and also with fine.