Case Facts:
Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.4447 of 2012 (2) dt.10-02-2012 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.4447 of 2012 ====================================================== Mahfooj Quraishi, Son of Late Mansoor Quraishi, R/O-Mohalla- Chhotidargah Purani Bazar, Ward No.9, P.S.Lakhisarai,District.-Lakhisarai .... .... Petitioner. Versus The State Of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party. ====================================================== Appearance : For the Petitioner : Mr. Parmanand Pd. Nr. Sahi, Advocate. For the Opposite Party : Dr. Kumar Uday Prasad, A.P.P. ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE DINESH KUMAR SINGH ORAL ORDER 2 10-02-2012 Heard learned counsels for the petitioner and the State. The petitioner is apprehending his arrest in a case registered for the offences punishable under [STATUTE] and 3(1)(x) of the S.C./S.T. (Prevention of Atrocities)Act. The accusation is of abusing the informant on 15.10.2011 for which F.I.R. was lodged on 24.10.2011. It is submitted that the informant earlier lodged a case against the petitioner and others on 17.10.2011 for the same occurrence under [STATUTE] . Delayed lodging of the F.I.R. clouds the bonafide of accusation, let the petitioner, above Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.4447 of 2012 (2) dt.10-02-2012 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 Munger SC/ST P.S. Case No. 163 of 2011 on furnishing bail bond of Rs.10,000/-(Ten Thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of the learned C.J.M. Lakhisarai, 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.