Case Facts:
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.29143 of 2012 ====================================================== Kailu Sharma & Anr .... .... Petitioners. Versus The State Of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party. ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE DINESH KUMAR SINGH ORAL ORDER 2 16-08-2012 Heard learned counsels for the petitioners and the State. The petitioners are apprehending their arrest in a case registered for the offences punishable under [STATUTE] , ¾ of the Prevention of Witch Practices Act and 3(1)(x) of the S.C./S.T. (Prevention of Atrocities)Act. For she-goat of the informant being trespassed in the house of the petitioners, the petitioners made assault, called the informant as witch, snatched ear-ring and Rs. 5,000/-. It is submitted that accusation under SC/ST (Prevention of Atrocities) Act is not in a public view and for the alleged occurrence of 20.01.2012, F.I.R. was lodged on 03.02.2012. Considering delayed lodging of the F.I.R., let the petitioners Kailu Sharma and Pravin Devi be Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.29143 of 2012 (2) dt.16-08-2012 2 / 2 2 released on bail in the event of arrest or surrender before the learned court below within a period of twelve weeks from today in connection with Begusarai SC/ST P.S. Case No. 11 of 2012 on furnishing bail bond of Rs.10,000/-(Ten Thousand) each with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of the learned C.J.M. Begusarai, subject to the conditions as laid down under Section 438(2) of the Code of Criminal Procedure. U.K./- (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.