Case Facts:
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.7412 of 2012 ====================================================== Nageshwar Sah .... .... Petitioner/s Versus 1. The State Of Bihar 2. Bindu Devi .... .... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE DINESH KUMAR SINGH ORAL ORDER 02/ 13-03-2012 Heard learned counsels for the petitioner and the State. The petitioner being the husband is apprehending his arrest in a case registered for the offences punishable under [STATUTE] and 3/4 of Dowry Prohibition Act. It is submitted by learned counsel for the petitioner that the petitioner is ready to keep the informant with full dignity and honour but it appears from the impugned order that due to the past conduct of the petitioner the informant is not ready since the petitioner has performed second marriage. In the circumstances, the petitioner is ready to pay Rs.1,000/- to the informant by 2nd week of every Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.7412 of 2012 (2) dt.13-03-2012 2/2 month from April, 2012 by depositing the same in the bank account of the informant. The aforesaid payment will be subject to any order passed in matrimonial case or maintenance case. Considering the aforesaid stand of the petitioner, let the above named petitioner be released on anticipatory bail in the event of his arrest or surrender before the learned court below within a period of twelve weeks from today, on furnishing bail bond of Rs.10,000/- (Ten thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of learned Chief Judicial Magistrate, Gopalganj in connection with Mirganj P.S. Case No. 127 of 2011, subject to the conditions as laid down under Section 438(2) of the Cr.P.C. The petitioner will serve a copy of this order within two weeks when it is expected that the informant will give the bank account number. Three consecutive defaults in making payment will give liberty to the informant to file application for cancellation of the bail of the petitioner. DKS/ (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.