Case Facts:
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.5365 of 2012 ====================================================== Shyam Pari Devi & Anr. . .... .... Petitioners. Versus The State Of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party. ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE DINESH KUMAR SINGH ORAL ORDER 2 24.02.2012. Heard learned counsels for the petitioners and the State. The petitioners are apprehending their arrest in a case registered for the offences punishable under [STATUTE] , 3(1)(viii)(x)(xi) of the S.C./S.T.(Prevention of Atrocities)Act and ¾ of the Prevention of Witch Practices Act. The accusations are of making assault, committing theft and abusing by calling caste name. It is also alleged that the petitioners’ side made accusation of making witch practices. It appears that for occurrence of 11.04.2010 F.I.R. was lodged on 13.04.2010 at 2.10 P.M. Delayed lodging of F.I.R. clouds the bonafide of accusation, let the petitioners, Shyam Pari Devi and Dharmendra Kumar, be released on bail in the event of arrest or surrender before the learned court below within a period of twelve weeks Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.5365 of 2012 (2) dt.24-02-2012 2 from today in connection with Munger S.C./S.T. P.S. Case No. 35 of 2010 on furnishing bail bond of Rs.10,000/-(Ten Thousand) each with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of the learned C.J.M. Lakhisarai, subject to the conditions as laid down under Section 438(2) of the Code of Criminal Procedure. U.K. (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.