Case Facts:
Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.11759 of 2012 (3) dt.03-05-2012 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.11759 of 2012 ====================================================== Lalan Shahi .... .... Petitioner/s Versus The State Of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE DINESH KUMAR SINGH ORAL ORDER 3 03-05-2012 Heard learned counsels for the petitioner and the State. The petitioner being agnate of the informant is apprehending arrest in a case registered for the offences under [STATUTE] and section 27 of the Arms Act. It is alleged that the accused persons resorted to firing but it hit none. It is submitted that a compromise petition has been filed before the learned court below and the informant has retracted from the initial version. It is further submitted that co accused Pappu Singh alias Rajesh Kumar Singh has been granted anticipatory bail vide Cr. Misc. no. 34469 of 2011. Considering the aforesaid facts, let the above named petitioner be released on 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 Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.11759 of 2012 (3) dt.03-05-2012 thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of the learned Chief Judicial Magistrate, Sitamarhi in connection with Belsand P.S. Case No. 54 of 2003 subject to the conditions as laid down under Section 438(2) 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.