Case Facts:
Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.16690 of 2009 (4) dt.06-04-2012 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.16690 of 2009 ====================================================== Ram Lal Ram son of Late Shiv Mukhi Ram, resident of village Parsa Ganda, P.S. Sikroul, District Buxar and at present Block Development Office, Buxar, Distt. Buxar .... .... Petitioner/s Versus 1. The State of Bihar 2. Mahendar Prasad Son of Shri Ram Kumar Ram, Resident of Mohalla Nai Bazar, Ward No.13, Police Station Buxar Town, Dist. Buxar .... .... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance : For the Petitioner/s : Mr. Nil Kamal, Advocate For the Opposite Party/s : Mr. Choubey Jawahar, A.P.P. ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE JUSTICE SMT. ANJANA PRAKASH ORAL ORDER 4. 6.4.2012 The petitioner seeks quashing of the entire proceeding including the order dated 15.1.2003 passed by the Chief Judicial Magistrate, Buxar in Complaint Case No.221C of 2001, by which he has taken cognizance [STATUTE] petition before the petitioner to issue a caste certificate in favour of his brother, but when he went to receive the same he issued a wrong caste certificate to the Complainant and when he asked for rectification he was abused by the petitioner. It has been submitted that the petitioner was a government official who was enjoined to perform the Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.16690 of 2009 (4) dt.06-04-2012 duties within the official limits and he was not qualified to give a certificate as demanded by the Complainant. The further submission is that in the facts of the case, no offence [STATUTE] insult was likely to cause the Complainant to break public peace or to commit any other offence. I am inclined to accept this submission advanced on behalf of the petitioner. In view of such, the application is allowed and the entire proceeding including the order dated 15.1.2003 passed by the Chief Judicial Magistrate, Buxar in Complaint Case No.221C of 2001 is hereby quashed. Narendra/ ( Anjana Prakash, 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.