Case Facts:
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.35001 of 2012 ====================================================== Bholu Mian .... .... Petitioner/s Versus The State Of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE DINESH KUMAR SINGH ORAL ORDER 2 17-09-2012 Heard learned counsels for the petitioner and the State. The petitioner is apprehending arrest in SC/ST Bhabua P.S. Case No. 01 of 2012 registered for the offences punishable under [STATUTE] and Section 3 (I) (II) (X) of the SC/ST (Prevention of Atrocities) Act pending in the Chief Judicial Magistrate, Kaimur at Bhabua. The accusations are of making attempt to establish forceful physical relationship and abusing the informant by calling caste name. It is submitted by learned counsel for the petitioner that during investigation, the accusation under [STATUTE] has not been found true. In view of this Court, it is a case for consideration of regular bail. Let the learned court below consider the regular bail of Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.35001 of 2012 (2) dt.17-09-2012 2/2 the petitioner preferably on the same day if the petitioner surrenders within a period of six weeks. With the above observation, this application is, accordingly, disposed off. Let the order be transmitted to the learned court below through fax at the cost of the petitioner. Amrendra/- (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.