Case Facts:
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.9111 of 2012 ====================================================== 1. Sanjay Rai, 2. Brahmdeo Rai, 3. Ashok Rai, 4. Binod Rai .... .... Petitioner/s Versus The State Of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE DINESH KUMAR SINGH ORAL ORDER 2 26-03-2012 Heard learned counsels for the petitioners and the State. The petitioners are apprehending arrest in a case registered for the offences punishable under [STATUTE] . It is specifically alleged by the informant in the complaint petition that his son was being taken by Vijay Rai and Lakhindra Rai though the petitioner is named in the FIR but it appears that for the occurrence of 8.7.2011, the FIR was lodged on 18.8.2011. It is submitted that during investigation, it has come that due to land dispute, the informant has kept his son at Muzaffarpur. However, it is submitted by learned counsel for the informant that the boy is still traceless. Considering the fact that there is no specific accusation against the petitioner and delayed lodging of the case, let the Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.9111 of 2012 (2) dt.26-03-2012 2 / 2 2 above named petitioners be released on anticipatory bail in the event of arrest or surrender before the learned Court below within a period of 12 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 the learned Chief Judicial Magistrate, West, Muzaffarpur in connection with Sakra P.S. Case No. 179 /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.