Case Facts:
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.43628 of 2009 ====================================================== Indrashan Devi w/o Late Ram Shreshtha Mishra, resident of Village-Tepri, P.S. Pear, District-Muzaffarpur .... .... Petitioner Versus 1. The State Of Bihar 2. Baidyanath Pathak s/o Kanaklal Pathak 3. Pawan Kumar Pathak S/o Baidyanath Pathak 4. Rampravesh Patha, Son of Baidyanath Pathak 5. Ritu Devi D/O Baidyanath Pathak All residents of Mohalla- B.M.P. Colony, P.S. Mithanpur, District-Muzaffarpur .... .... Opposite Parties ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE RAKESH KUMAR ORAL ORDER ------------------------- 3 26-03-2012 Heard Sri Mahendra Thakur, learned counsel for the petitioner and Sri Hirdaya Prasad Singh, learned Addl. Public Prosecutor. The present petition has been filed with a prayer to quash an order dated 21.11.2008 passed by learned Judicial Magistrate, 1st Class, Muzaffarpur in Complaint Case No.C-835 of 2007, Trial No.2891 of 2009, whereby the learned Magistrate had taken cognizance of offence under [STATUTE] and had not taken cognizance of offence under [STATUTE] . The petitioner has further prayed for quashing of order dated 11.11.2009 passed by learned 6th Addl. Sessions Judge, Muzaffarpur in Cr.Revision No.252 of 2008, whereby the learned revisional court has affirmed Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.43628 of 2009 (3) dt.26-03-2012 2 / 2 2 the order of the learned Magistrate. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that both the courts below have committed serious error. It was a case for offence under [STATUTE] . I have perused both the orders. I do not find any defect in the same. Accordingly, the petition stands dismissed. NKS/- (Rakesh Kumar, 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.