Case Facts:
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.17616 of 2012 ====================================================== Asha Devi@Asha Rani & Anr .... .... Petitioner/s Versus The State Of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE DINESH KUMAR SINGH ORAL ORDER 2 11-05-2012 Petitioners being mother and brother of the husband of the complainant are apprehending their arrest in a complaint case in which cognizance has been taken under [STATUTE] . and Section 4 of the Dowry Prohibition Act. Accusation is of torture for non-fulfilment of dowry demand. Considering the thrust of accusation against the husband of the complainant, let the petitioners namely 1. Asha Devi @ Asha Rani 2. Shivjee Bhai Patel, in the event of their arrest or surrender before the Court 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 Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.17616 of 2012 (2) dt.11-05-2012 2 / 2 2 learned Sub-Divisional Judicial Magistrate, Hilsa, Nalanda in connection with Complaint Case No. 392C 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.