Case Facts:
Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.2095 of 2012 (3) dt.09-02-2012 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.2095 of 2012 ====================================================== Hari Charan Singh @ Hari Charan Singh Yadav & Ors. .... .... Petitioner/s Versus The State Of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance : For the Petitioner/s : Mr. For the Opposite Party/s : Mr. ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE DINESH KUMAR SINGH ORAL ORDER 3 09-02-2012 Petitioners are apprehending their arrest in a case registered for the offences under [STATUTE] . and Section 3(1)(X) of the S.C. & S.T.(Prevention of Atrocities) Act. It is submitted by learned counsel for the petitioner that petitioner No.1 namely Hari Charan Singh @ Hari Charan Singh Yadav has been arrested, hence his application has become infructuous. Accusations are of committing theft and abusing by calling caste name. It appears that civil suit is pending between the parties which clouds the bona fide of the accusation. Considering the aforesaid facts, let the petitioners namely 1. Ram Kripal Singh Yadav @ Ujaran Singh Yadav 2. Jag Narayan Singh Yadav 3. Satya Narayan Singh Yadav @ Satya Narayan Singh 4. Kamalesh Singh Yadav @ Kamlesh Singh, in the event of their arrest or surrender before the Court Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.2095 of 2012 (3) dt.09-02-2012 below within a period of 12 weeks from today, be released on anticipatory bail on furnishing bail bond of Rs. 10,000/-(ten thousand) each with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of learned Chief Judicial Magistrate, Kaimur at Bhabhua in connection with Rohtas(Dehri) S.C./S.T. P.S. Case No. 20 of 2011. Shageer/- (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.