Case Facts:
Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.2552 of 2012 (2) dt.25-01-2012 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.2552 of 2012 ====================================================== 1. Manoj Kumar Singh, Son of Madan Singh @ Badan Singh, resident of Village-Bhalar, P.S. Dharhara, District-Munger. 2. Manoranjan Kumar Singh @ Munna Singh @ Munna, Son of Akhileshwar Singh, resident of Village-Bhalar, P.S. Dharhara, District- Munger. 3. Bhuto Mandal, Son of Nageshwar Mandal, resident of village- Itwa, P.S. Dharhara, District-Munger. .... .... Petitioners. Versus The State Of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party. ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE DINESH KUMAR SINGH ORAL ORDER (Per: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE DINESH KUMAR SINGH) 2 25-01-2012 Heard learned counsels for the petitioners and the State. The petitioners are apprehending their arrest in a case registered under [STATUTE] , 4, 7 of the Bihar Mineral Prevention of Illegal Mining Prevention Storage Act and 26, 33, 41, 42 of the Forest Act. It is submitted that the petitioner no. 3 has been arrested hence his application for grant of anticipatory bail has become infructuous. It is alleged that the informant was coming to prevent illegal mining when he found the stones being carried. One of the drivers was apprehended while others fled away when on Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.2552 of 2012 (2) dt.25-01-2012 information the driver and others came and started to assault the informant and threatened to stop the patrolling work in which the petitioners were also named. It is submitted that the petitioner no. 1 is a government employee. It is orally submitted that for the occurrence of 06.06.2011, F.I.R. was lodged on 10.06.2011. Delayed lodging of the F.I.R. clouds the bonafide of accusation, let the petitioner nos. 1 and 2, above named, be released on bail in the event of arrest or surrender before the learned court below within a period of twelve weeks from today in connection with Dharhara P.S. Case No. 71 of 2011 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. Munger, 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.