Case Facts:
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Writ No.1048 of 2011 ====================================================== Bimal Kumar .... .... Petitioner Versus The State Of Bihar & Ors .... .... Respondents ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE ASHWANI KUMAR SINGH ORAL ORDER 4 07-09-2012 The petitioner has been made accused in Sachiwalya P.S.Case No.68 of 2008 dated 06.05.2008 instituted under [STATUTE] . It is stated that despite the direction given by the Superintendent of Police, the Deputy Superintendent of Police has not supervised the case and as such the present writ petition has been filed with a prayer to direct respondent nos. 1 to 4 to issue supervision note so that investigation of the said case may be concluded. In my view, once a cognizable offence is reported to the police, it is within the domain of the investigating agency to investigate the case and submit its report. At this stage, the court has no role to play. However, the investigating agency must promptly take all necessary steps, conclude the investigation and submit its report to the Magistrate concerned. It is open for the investigating agency to submit such report as it thinks appropriate, having regard to the facts and circumstances of the case and result Patna High Court CR. WJC No.1048 of 2011 (4) dt.07-09-2012 2 of investigation. With this observation, the petition is disposed of. B.Kr./- (Ashwani 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.