Case Facts:
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.24315 of 2012 ====================================================== 1. Raj Kumar Rai 2. Ram Pravesh Rai 3. Jitendra Rai @ Jitendra Kumar 4. Ram Lakhan Rai 5. Dhannu Rai @ Dhananjay Kumar 6. Dharmendra Rai @ Dharmendra Kumar 7. Santosh Rai @ Santosh Kumar .... .... Petitioner/s Versus The State Of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE DINESH KUMAR SINGH ORAL ORDER 02/ 01-08-2012 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] . The accusation is of making assault to the informant and his family members. Though, it is submitted by learned counsel for the petitioners that injury has been found to be simple, but the informant has filed a counter affidavit to the effect that the injury has been found to be grievous. It is submitted by learned counsel for the Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.24315 of 2012 (2) dt.01-08-2012 2/2 petitioners that the accusation is omnibus and general. In view of this Court, it is a case for consideration of regular bail if the petitioners surrender before the learned court below within a period of six weeks from today in connection with Maner P.S. Case No. 96 of 2012 pending in the court of learned Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate, Danapur. With the aforesaid observation, this application is disposed of. Let the order be transmitted to the learned court below through fax at the cost of the petitioners. 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.