Case Facts:
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.30135 of 2012 ====================================================== Ramdeo Singh & Ors. .... .... Petitioners Versus The State Of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE DINESH KUMAR SINGH ORAL ORDER 3 29-08-2012 Heard learned counsels for the petitioners, informant and the State. The petitioners are apprehending their arrest in a case registered for the offences punishable under [STATUTE] and 3(1)(x) of the SC/ST (Prevention of Atrocities)Act. The accusation is of demanding extortion and on refusal of same, the informant being the headmistress was abused by calling caste name. It is submitted that the petitioners’ side raised objection with regard to illegal appointment of the informant and there was dispute with regard to land on which construction was going on. It is further submitted that accusation under SC/ST has not alleged to have been committed in a public view. It is submitted by learned counsel for the informant that complaint was filed by son of petitioner no. 2 against the informant after lodging Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.30135 of 2012 (3) dt.29-08-2012 2 / 2 2 of the present case. The statement has been made in paragraph no. 20 of the petition that the petitioners have no criminal antecedent. Considering the aforesaid facts, let the petitioners Ramdeo Singh, Niranjan Kumar, Shokal Singh and Ajeet Kumar @ Ajeet Kumar Singh @ Amarjit Singh be 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 Lakhisarai(SC/ST)P.S. Case No. 30 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. Lakhisarai, 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.