Case Facts:
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.33689 of 2012 ====================================================== Ram Pravesh Yadav & Ors .... .... Petitioners Versus The State Of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE DINESH KUMAR SINGH ORAL ORDER 2 03-09-2012 Learned counsel for the petitioners is permitted to make necessary correction in prayer portion of petition. 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] and 3(1)(x) of the SC/ST (Prevention of Atrocities)Act. The accusations are of making assault and abusing by calling caste name. It is submitted that for occurrence of 03.05.2012, F.I.R. has been lodged on 06.05.2012 and entire family members of the petitioners have falsely been roped in this case when offence under SC/ST has not alleged to have been committed in a public view. Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.33689 of 2012 (2) dt.03-09-2012 2 / 2 2 Considering the aforesaid facts, let the petitioners Ram Pravesh Yadav, Jairam Yadav, Manoj Yadav, Saroj Yadav, Bishwanath Yadav, Vinod Yadav and Amar Yadav @ Kaeel Yadav 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 Dehri SC/ST P.S. Case No. 21 of 2012 on furnishing bail bond of Rs.10,000/- (Ten Thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of the learned S.D.J.M., Dehri, Rohtas, 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.