Case Facts:
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.2634 of 2012 ====================================================== 1. Deepak Kumar Tiwari @ Deepak Tiwari S/O Late Radha Kishun Tiwari R/O Vill Mobarakpur, P.S. Siswan, Distt-Siwan 2. Diwakar Tiwari @ Dabloo Tiwari @ Dabloo S/O Late Sheodeo Tiwari R/O Vill Ghurghat, P.S.Siswan Distt-Siwan .... .... Petitioners. Versus The State of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party. ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE DINESH KUMAR SINGH ORAL ORDER (Per: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE DINESH KUMAR SINGH) 02/ 27.01.2012 Heard learned counsels for the petitioners and the State. The petitioners are apprehending their arrest in a case registered for the offences under [STATUTE] and 3 (1)(x) of SC/ST (Prevention of Atrocities) Act. It is alleged that the petitioners threatened the informant, who is Block Agriculture Officer, for non- supply of the seeds by calling his caste name. It is also alleged that petitioner no. 1 pressed the neck of the informant. It is submitted by learned counsel for the petitioners that since certain complaints were made for Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.2634 of 2012 (2) dt.27-01-2012 2/2 the irregularities being committed in distribution of the seeds by the informant, the present case has been lodged. It is further submitted that from the FIR it does not appear that anybody saw the occurrence and hence, the accusation under the SC/ST is not made out. Considering the aforesaid facts, let the above named both the petitioners be released on anticipatory bail in the event of their arrest or surrender before the learned court below within a period of twelve weeks from today, on furnishing bail bond of Rs.10,000/- (Ten thousand) each with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of learned Chief Judicial Magistrate, Siwan in connection with Siswan P.S. Case No. 115 of 2011, subject to the conditions as laid down under Section 438(2) of the Cr.P.C. DKS/ (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.