Case Facts:
Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.40422 of 2011 (3) dt.23-01-2012 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.40422 of 2011 ====================================================== Ambika Prasad .... .... Petitioner Versus The State Of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party Appearance : For the Petitioner : Mr. Manoj Kumar For the Opposite Party : Mr. Md Fahimuddin ====================================================== 3 23-01-2012 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner as well as learned Addl. Public Prosecutor for the State. Petitioner is in jail custody since 14.9.2011 in a case registered under [STATUTE] . Admittedly, the aforesaid case has been registered on the basis of complaint petition. Learned counsel for the petitioner drew my attention towards this fact that petitioner had already given a notice to the informant for execution of Titima deed and, as a matter of fact, petitioner had purchased land in question from one Sumitra Devi who stood guarantor in loan transaction of one Prabodh Kumar Dubey against whom Ara Town P.S. Case no. 330/2009 has been registered. Considering the aforesaid facts and circumstances as well as submissions of the parties, let the petitioner, Ambika Prasad, be released on bail on furnishing bail bonds of Rs 10,000/- with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of the Chief Judicial Magistrate, Bhojpur at Ara in Ara Nawada P.S. Case no. 340/2011. Shahid Hassan/- (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.