Case Facts:
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.31137 of 2012 ====================================================== 1. Arun Mahto 2. Arbind Mahto 3. Ram Narayan Mahto 4. Anil Mahto 5. Amarjit Kumar .... .... Petitioner/s Versus The State Of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE DINESH KUMAR SINGH ORAL ORDER 02/ 24-09-2012 Heard learned counsels for the petitioners, the State and the informant. The petitioners are apprehending their arrest in a case registered for the offences punishable under [STATUTE] and 3(1) (x) of SC/ST (Prevention of Atrocities) Act. The accusation is of making assault and abusing by calling caste name. It is submitted by learned counsel for the petitioners that for the occurrence of 14.02.2012 the FIR was registered on 02.03.2012 when the petitioners’ side filed Complaint Case No. 126 of 2012 against the informant and her family members. Though the informant retracted from the initial version and filed Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.31137 of 2012 (2) dt.24-09-2012 2/2 compromise but subsequently retracted from the compromise. Considering the delayed lodging of the case and the case filed by the petitioners’ side at earlier point of time, let the above named petitioners be released on anticipatory bail in the event of their arrest or surrender before the learned court below within a period of twelve weeks from today, on furnishing bail bond of Rs.10,000/- (Ten thousand) each with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of learned ACJM, Hilsa, Nalanda in connection with Hilsa P.S. Case No. 71 of 2012, subject to the conditions as laid down under Section 438(2) of the Cr.P.C. 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.