Case Facts:
Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.6140 of 2012 (2) dt.14-02-2012 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.6140 of 2012 ====================================================== Md. Intekhab @ Tunnu Mian .... .... Petitioner/s Versus The State Of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance : For the Petitioner/s : Mr. For the Opposite Party/s : Mr. ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE HEMANT KUMAR SRIVASTAVA ORAL ORDER 2 14-02-2012 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner as well as learned Additional Public Prosecutor for the State. Petitioner is in jail custody since 22.12.2011 in a case registered under [STATUTE] . According to prosecution case itself, the marriage of the petitioner had taken place with the informant 15 years back and after marriage informant gave birth to five children. The contents of first information report reveal that the dispute arose between the parties after solemnization of second marriage by the petitioner. Considering the aforesaid facts and circumstances as well as submissions of the parties, let the petitioner be released on bail on furnishing bail bonds of Rs. 10,000/- (Ten Thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of Chief Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.6140 of 2012 (2) dt.14-02-2012 Judicial Magistrate, Lakhisarai in connection with Surajgarha P.S. Case No. 199 of 2011. SHAHZAD/- (Hemant Kumar Srivastava, 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.