Case Facts:
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.7438 of 2011 ====================================================== Ramayan Giri son of Ram Pukar Giri, resident of village-Rampur-Khajuria, P.S.-Dumariya Ghat, District-East Champaran .... .... Petitioner/s Versus The State Of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance : For the Petitioner/s : Mr. Uma Kant Shukla, Advocate Mr. Sushil Kumar, Advocate For the Opposite Party/s : Mr. L.K.Sharma, A.P.P. ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE SHIVAJI PANDEY ORAL ORDER 2 30-04-2012 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner. The present case is arising from Dumariya Ghat P.S. Case No. 43 of 2008 whereby the court below has taken cognizance under [STATUTE] . Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that it is a simple altercation and no case of [STATUTE] . is made out. However, the parties have already settled the dispute outside the Court and a compromise application was filed before the court below which is pending. After some argument, the counsel for the petitioner prays to withdraw with application. The prayer is allowed and this petition is dismissed as withdrawn. Mahesh/- (Shivaji Pandey, 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.