Case Facts:
Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.22462 of 2012 (2) dt.14-06-2012 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.22462 of 2012 ====================================================== 1. Santosh Kumar S/O Deo Narain Yadav R/O Village - Padampura, Tola - Bargharia, P.S. Sour Bazar, ( O.P. Baijnathpur ), District - Saharsa 2. Manju Devi W/O Deo Narain Yadav R/O Village - Padampura, Tola - Bargharia, P.S. Sour Bazar, ( O.P. Baijnathpur ), District - Saharsa 3. Deo Narain Yadav S/O Late Bishwanath Yadav R/O Village - Padampura, Tola - Bargharia, P.S. Sour Bazar, ( O.P. Baijnathpur ), District - Saharsa .... .... Petitioner/s Versus 1. The State Of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE ASHWANI KUMAR SINGH ORAL ORDER 2 14-06-2012 Heard learned counsels for petitioners and the State. The petitioners apprehend their arrest in connection with a case registered for the offence punishable under [STATUTE] . It is submitted that there is no truth behind the allegation of subjecting the complainant to cruelty for non- fulfilment of demand of dowry. As a matter of fact, the present case has been instituted due to matrimonial discord and incompatibility in nature between the husband and wife. The petitioners are brother-in-law (Dewar), mother-in-law and father- in-law respectively of the informant. Be that as it may, considering the aforesaid let the petitioners, named above, in the event of arrest or surrender within a period of four weeks from the date of receipt/production of a Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.22462 of 2012 (2) dt.14-06-2012 copy of this order, be released on bail on furnishing bail bonds 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 Sour Bazar (Baijnathpur O.P.) P.S. Case No.12 of 2012 subject to the conditions as laid down under section 438(2) Cr.P.C. and also subject to the conditions (i) that both the bailors will be close relative of the petitioners who will give separate affidavit giving genealogy as to how they are related with the petitioners (ii) that the petitioners shall not directly or indirectly make any inducement, threat or promise to any person acquainted with the facts of the case so as to dissuade him to disclose such facts to the court or to any other authority (iii) that they shall remain present before the court on the dates fixed for hearing of the case. If they want to remain absent, then they shall take prior permission of the court and in case of compelling and unavoidable circumstances for remaining absent, they shall immediately inform the court and request that they may be permitted to be present through counsel (iv) that liberty is given to the State to make an appropriate application for modifying/recalling the order granting bail, if for any reason, the petitioners violate any of the conditions imposed by this court. Md.S./- (Ashwani 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.