Case Facts:
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.14857 of 2012 ====================================================== Raja Sah .... .... Petitioner/s Versus The State Of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE DINESH KUMAR SINGH ORAL ORDER 2 24-04-2012 Learned counsel for the petitioner is permitted to make necessary correction in the prayer portion of the petition. Heard learned counsels for the petitioner and the State. The petitioner is apprehending arrest in a case registered for the offences punishable under [STATUTE] and Section 3/4 of the Prevention of Witch (Dian) Practices Act. The accusations are of making assault to the sister-in- law of the informant, abusing her by calling Dian and administering night soil in her mouth. It is submitted by learned counsel for the petitioner that the petitioner lodged a complaint case against the informant’s side with similar accusation on 13.12.2011 when the present case was lodged on 03.01.2012. Considering the case lodged by the petitioner’s side at earlier point of time, let the above named petitioner be released on Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.14857 of 2012 (2) dt.24-04-2012 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 Addl. Chief Judicial Magistrate, Benipur, Darbhanga in connection with Kusheshwar Asthan P.S. Case No. 02 of 2012, 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.