Case Facts:
Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.33160 of 2012 (3) dt.19-12-2012 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.33160 of 2012 ====================================================== Chandeshwar Mahto .... .... Petitioner/s Versus The State Of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party/s CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE HEMANT KUMAR SRIVASTAVA ORAL ORDER 03/ 19.12.2012 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner as well as learned Addl. Public Prosecutor for the State. Petitioner is in jail custody since 7.7.2012 in a case registered under [STATUTE] . Petitioner is named in the first information report with allegation that he set informant’s house on fire but submission on behalf of the petitioner is that in course of investigation not a single witness claimed himself to be eye-witness of the alleged occurrence and moreover, much prior to filing of this case, petitioner had filed Piprahi P.S. Case no. 32/2012 against the informant of this case. Considering the aforesaid facts and circumstances as well as submissions of the parties, let the petitioner, Chandeshwar Mahto, be released on bail on furnishing bail bonds of Rs 10,000/- with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of the Sub divisional Judicial Magistrate, Sheohar in Piprahi P.S. Case no. 56/2012. Shahid (Hemant Kumar Srivastava,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.