Case Facts:
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.37183 of 2012 ====================================================== Nandji Yadav @ Nandji Chaudhary S/O Sawaru Yadav R/O Vill-Siyadi, P.S.-Siwan (Muf), Distt-Siwan. .... .... Petitioner. Versus The State Of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party. ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE DINESH KUMAR SINGH ORAL ORDER 2 28-09-2012 Learned counsel for the petitioner is permitted to make necessary correction in prayer portion of the petition. Heard learned counsels for the petitioner and the State. The petitioner is apprehending his arrest in a case registered for the offences punishable under [STATUTE] and 3(1)(x) of the SC/ST (Prevention of Atrocities Act). The accusations are of making assault, snatching Rs. 600/- and abusing by calling caste name. It is submitted that for occurrence of 02.02.2011, F.I.R. was registered on 22.02.2011 when accusation under SC/ST is general. Considering delayed lodging of the F.I.R., Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.37183 of 2012 (2) dt.28-09-2012 2 / 2 2 let the petitioners, above named, 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 Hajipur SC/ST P.S. Case No. 64 of 2011, G.R. No. 481 of 2011 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. Siwan, 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.