Case Facts:
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.18587 of 2012 ====================================================== 1. Baldeo Pandit, S/O Late Ram Das Pandit, Resident of Mohalla- Indra Nagar,P.S.- Pataliputra. District- Patna. 2. Girijesh Kumar, S/O Baldeo Pandit, Resident of Mohalla- Indra Nagar,P.S.- Pataliputra. District- Patna. 3. Manoj Kumar, S/O Baldeo Pandit, Resident of Mohalla- Indra Nagar,P.S.- Pataliputra. District- Patna. 4. Upendra Kumar, S/O Baldeo Pandit, Resident of Mohalla- Indra Nagar,P.S.- Pataliputra. District- Patna. .... .... Petitioner/s Versus 1. The State of Bihar 2. Sidheshwar Prasad, S/O Late Aklu Prasad, Resident of Mohalla- Indra Nagar,P.S.- Pataliputra. District- Patna. .... .... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance : For the Petitioner/s : Mr. Ambrish Kumar Jha, Adv. Mr. Shashi Priya Pathak, Adv. For the State : Mr. Ganesh Pd. Singh, A.P.P. For the Opposite Party No. 2 : Mr. Naresh Chandra Verma, Adv. Mr. Lakshmi Kant Tiwary, Adv. ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE JUSTICE SMT. ANJANA PRAKASH ORAL ORDER 3. 01-11-2012 Heard learned counsel for the Petitioners and the State. The Petitioners seek quashing of the entire proceeding including the order dated 7.9.2010 passed by the Chief Judicial Magistrate, Patna, in Patliputra P.S. Case No. 242 of 2008, G.R. No. 5002 of 2008 by which he has taken cognizance under [STATUTE] . On the last occasion, it was submitted that the parties have filed quashing application and in the other Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.18587 of 2012 (3) dt.01-11-2012 2 / 2 2 application, further proceeding has been stayed, hence, notices were issued to the Opposite party No. 2 in the present case. Today, both the parties appear and submit that since both the cases are of minor nature, they agree that prosecution of both the cases be quashed. In view of such, the entire proceeding including the order dated 7.9.2010 passed in Patliputra P.S. Case No. 242 of 2008, G.R. No. 5002 of 2008 by the Chief Judicial Magistrate, Patna, is hereby quashed. The application stands allowed. It is undertaken by the Petitioners that they will not oppose the quashing application filed on behalf of the Opposite party vide Cr. Misc. 21629 of 2011 to promote harmony between them. S.Ali (Anjana Prakash, 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.