Case Facts:
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.39184 of 2012 ====================================================== Ajay Rai @ Ajay Kumar Rai .... .... Petitioner/s Versus The State Of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE DINESH KUMAR SINGH ORAL ORDER 2 15-10-2012 Heard learned counsels for the petitioner and the State. The petitioner is apprehending arrest in a complaint case in which cognizance has been taken under [STATUTE] and Section 3 (I) (X) of the SC/ST (Prevention of Atrocities) Act. The accusations are of demanding extortion of Rs. 50,000/- and abusing the complainant by calling caste name. It is submitted by learned counsel for the petitioner that during investigation, the accusation was found false and petitioner was not sent up for trial when final form was submitted in the year 2008, but on protest, the cognizance has been taken in the year 2010. It is further submitted that at earlier point of time, the petitioner made a complaint against the informant and also lodged Sidhwaliya P.S. Case No. 42 of 2008. Considering the case lodged by the petitioner at earlier point of time, let the above named petitioner be released on Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.39184 of 2012 (2) dt.15-10-2012 2/2 anticipatory bail, in the event of arrest or surrender before the learned Court below within a period of 12 weeks from today, on furnishing bail bond of Rs. 10,000/- (ten thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of the learned Judicial Magistrate, Gopalganj in connection with Complaint Case No. 969 of 2010, subject to the conditions as laid down under Section 438(2) Cr.P.C. Amrendra/- (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.