Case Facts:
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.229 of 2012 Jamiri Yadav Versus The State Of Bihar ---------------------------------- 2. 4.1.2012 Heard. The petitioner is apprehending his arrest in connection with Nanpur P.S.Case No. 107 of 2009 registered for the offences under [STATUTE] and Section 135 of the Representation of People Act as also under Section 3(1)(X) of the SC/ST Act. The accusation is that the petitioner assaulted the informant during the election process and abused him by calling caste name. It is submitted by learned counsel for the petitioner that there is specific allegation against one Vijay Kumar Yadav who has been granted anticipatory bail in Cr. Misc. No. 27282 of 2011. Considering the aforesaid facts, let the petitioner Jamiri Yadav be directed to be released, either in the event of his arrest by the police or surrender before the court below, on furnishing a bond of Rs. 10,000/-( ten thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of the Chief Judicial Magistrate, Sitamarhi in the aforesaid case, subject to the conditions as laid down in Section 438(2) Cr. P.C. Kanth ( 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.