Case Facts:
Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.30649 of 2012 (2) dt.09-08-2012 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No. 30649 of 2012 ====================================================== Akeef Khan .... .... Petitioner/s Versus The State of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE GOPAL PRASAD ORAL ORDER 2 09-08-2012 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned counsel for the State. This is a petition for grant of regular bail in a case under [STATUTE] . The main allegation of assault by firearm on the person of the informant is against co-accused Guljar Khan. However, the only material against the petitioner is that the petitioner intervened and separated the informant and Guljar Khan. It is also alleged by the informant that the wife of the petitioner had contested the election of Mukhiya against the informant hence the petitioner may have hatched a conspiracy. Hence, having regard to the facts and circumstances of the case, the petitioner above named is ordered to be released on bail on furnishing bail bond of Rs.10,000/- (ten thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.30649 of 2012 (2) dt.09-08-2012 the learned Sub-Divisional Judicial Magistrate, Sherghati at Gaya in connection with Gurua P. S. Case No. 62 of 2012, subject to the condition that the petitioner shall appear in the case on each and every date fixed by the court below and any absence of the petitioner shall be subject to the satisfaction of the court below on reasonable grounds. Kundan/- (Gopal Prasad, 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.