Case Facts:
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.34259 of 2012 ====================================================== Ram Badan Tanti @ Ram Budhan Tanti .... .... Petitioner/s Versus The State Of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE DINESH KUMAR SINGH ORAL ORDER 2 13-09-2012 Petitioner is apprehending his arrest in a complaint case in which cognizance has been taken under [STATUTE] . Accusation is of making assault and litting the fire in the hutment of the complainant. It is submitted by learned counsel for the petitioner that in fact the fire was lit in the house of the petitioner for which a complaint was also filed and petitioner could not move to the Court because the revision and quashing application were pending. In view of this Court, it is a fit case for consideration of regular bail, if the petitioner surrenders within a period of six weeks in connection with Complaint Case No. 16 of 2003, pending in the Court of learned A.C.J.M., Rosera, Samastipur. Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.34259 of 2012 (2) dt.13-09-2012 2 / 2 2 With the observations above, the application stands disposed off. Let the order of this Court be transmitted through FAX to the learned Court below at the cost of the petitioner. 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.