Case Facts:
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.3962 of 2012 ====================================================== Uma Shanker Kewat .... .... Petitioner/s Versus The State Of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance : For the Petitioner/s : Mr. For the Opposite Party/s : Mr. ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE DINESH KUMAR SINGH ORAL ORDER 2 13-02-2012 Petitioner is languishing in custody since 24.08.2011 in a case registered for the offences punishable under [STATUTE] . The case of the informant is that the petitioner wanted to assault the informant but the injury was caused to the minor son of the informant. The injury has been found to be grievous. Considering the fact that as per the informant’s own admission the petitioner had no intention to assault the son of Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.3962 of 2012 (2) dt.13-02-2012 2 / 2 2 the informant, let the petitioner namely Uma Shanker Kewat, be released on bail on furnishing bail bond of Rs. 10,000/-(ten thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of learned Chief Judicial Magistrate, Saharsa in connection with Bakhtiyarpur P.S. Case No. 257 of 2010. Shageer/- (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.