Case Facts:
Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.9884 of 2012 (2) dt.29-03-2012 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.9884 of 2012 ====================================================== Md. Idrish .... .... Petitioner/s Versus The State Of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE DINESH KUMAR SINGH ORAL ORDER 2 29-03-2012 Heard learned counsels for the petitioner and the State. The petitioner is apprehending his arrest in a case registered for an offence punishable under [STATUTE] as well as Section 3(1)(x)(xi)of the SC/ST Act. The accusation is of trying to outrage the modesty and abusing by calling the caste name. It is submitted that for the occurrence of 22.09.2011 the FIR was lodged on 17.10.2011 when the petitioner’s side lodged a complaint before the Sarpanch prior to the lodging of the case. The delayed lodging of the case clouds the bonafide of the accusation. Considering the aforesaid facts, let the above named petitioner, be released on anticipatory bail, in the event of his arrest or surrender before the learned Court below within a period Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.9884 of 2012 (2) dt.29-03-2012 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 Chief Judicial Magistrate, Vaishali at Hajipur in connection Hazipur S.C./S.T. P.S.Case No.463 of 2011, subject to the conditions as laid down under Section 438(2)of the Cr.P.C. Anil/- (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.