Case Facts:
Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.36171 of 2012 (2) dt.24-09-2012 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.36171 of 2012 ====================================================== 1. Krishna Yadav S/O Eto Yadav R/O Village - Garhi, P.S. Nardiganj, District - Nawadah 2. Manju Devi W/O Krishna Yadav R/O Village - Garhi, P.S. Nardiganj, District - Nawadah 3. Santosh Yadav S/O Krishna Yadav R/O Village - Garhi, P.S. Nardiganj, District - Nawadah 4. Indu Devi W/O Santosh Yadav R/O Village - Garhi, P.S. Nardiganj, District - Nawadah 5. Mukash Yadav S/O Krishna Yadav R/O Village - Garhi, P.S. Nardiganj, District - Nawadah .... .... Petitioner/s Versus 1. The State Of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE DINESH KUMAR SINGH ORAL ORDER 2 24-09-2012 Heard learned counsels for the petitioners and the State. The petitioners are apprehending arrest in a complaint case in which cognizance has been taken under [STATUTE] . The accusation is of taking rupees ninety thousand on the promise of executing sale deed when neither the sale deed was executed nor money was returned. It is submitted that the complainant has retracted from the initial version and has filed an application to that effect before the learned court below which has been brought on record as Annexure 2. Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.36171 of 2012 (2) dt.24-09-2012 Considering the aforesaid facts, let the above named petitioners be released on anticipatory bail in the event of arrest or surrender before the learned Court below within a period of twelve weeks from today on furnishing bail bond of Rs. 10,000/- (ten thousand) each with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of learned SDJM, Nawada in connection with complaint case no. 827 of 2011 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.