Case Facts:
Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.17393 of 2011 (2) dt.05-09-2012 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.17393 of 2011 ====================================================== 1. Gopal Thakur @ Gopal Kumar Thakur , son of late Kapildeo Thakur 2. Rupkanta Devi, wife of late Vijay Narain Thakur 3. Saurabh Kumar Thakur alias Sonu 4. Rabi Kumar alias Monu, both sons of late Vijay Narain Thakur, all resident of Mohalla-Nai Bazar, P.S. Muzaffarpur Town, District- Muzaffarpur. .... .... Petitioner/s Versus 1. The State Of Bihar 2. Hari Prakash Thakur, son of late Satyadeo Thakur, resident of Mohalla- Nai Bazar, Police Station-Muzaffarpur Town, District- Muzaffarpur. .... .... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance : For the Petitioner/s : Mr. Mirnal Kumar Sinha, Advocate. For the Opposite Party/s : Mr. Arun Kumar, A.P.P. ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE SHIVAJI PANDEY ORAL ORDER 2 05-09-2012 Heard learned counsel for the petitioners and learned counsel for the State. This application has been filed for quashing the order dated 3.2.2011 passed in Complaint Case No.C-3168 of 2009, Tr. No.3997 of 2011 by the Judicial Magistrate, Ist Class, Muzaffarpur by which he has taken cognizance against the petitioners under [STATUTE] . After some argument, learned counsel for the petitioners seeks permission to withdraw this application with a liberty to raise all points before the court below at the time of framing of charge. Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.17393 of 2011 (2) dt.05-09-2012 Permission is accorded. Accordingly this application is dismissed as withdrawn with the aforesaid liberty. Vinay/- (Shivaji Pandey, 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.