Case Facts:
Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.37989 of 2012 (2) dt.04-10-2012 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.37989 of 2012 ====================================================== Akhilesh Prasad Sinha .... .... Petitioner/s Versus The State Of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE DINESH KUMAR SINGH ORAL ORDER 2 04-10-2012 Heard learned counsels for the petitioner and the State. The petitioner is apprehending arrest in a case registered for the offences punishable under [STATUTE] and sections 3(1)(x) of the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act. The accusations are of making assault, taking away two thousand rupees and abusing by calling the caste name. It is submitted that since the petitioner is the advocate for the opponent of the informant, hence accusation has been levelled and for the occurrence of 21.7.2012 the FIR has been lodged on 29.7.2012 and the offence is alleged to have been committed inside the house which cannot be said to be public view. Considering the aforesaid facts, let the above named petitioner be released on anticipatory bail in the event of arrest or Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.37989 of 2012 (2) dt.04-10-2012 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 CJM, Aurangabad in connection with Mufassil P.S. Case No. 118 of 2012 subject to the conditions as laid down under Section 438(2) Cr.P.C. Anil/- (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.