Case Facts:
Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.4805 of 2012 (2) dt.15-02-2012 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.4805 of 2012 ====================================================== Malti Devi & Ors. .... .... Petitioners. Versus The State Of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party. ====================================================== Appearance : For the Petitioners : Mr. Rajesh Kumar Choudhary, Advocate. For the Opposite Party : Mr. Rita Verma, A.P.P. ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE DINESH KUMAR SINGH ORAL ORDER 2 15-02-2012 Heard learned counsels for the petitioners and the State. The petitioners are apprehending their arrest in complaint case in which cognizance has been taken for the offences punishable under [STATUTE] and ¾ of the D. P. Act. It is alleged that the petitioners being the neighbours entered into the house of the complainant and abused the complainant’s wife by calling her witch, made assault and committed theft. It is submitted by learned counsel for the petitioners that for occurrence of 22.08.2010 complaint was filed on 24.08.2010 and the petitioners’ side at earlier point of time lodged a case against the complainant which clouds the bonafide of accusation. Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.4805 of 2012 (2) dt.15-02-2012 Considering the aforesaid submission, let the petitioners, Malti Devi, Kishore Paswan, Subodh Paswan and Ramesh Paswan, be released on bail in the event of arrest or surrender before the learned court below within a period of twelve weeks from today in connection with Complaint Case No. 1103 (C) of 2010 on furnishing bail bond of Rs.10,000/-(Ten Thousand) each with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of the learned S.D.J.M., Nalanda, subject to the conditions as laid down under Section 438(2) of the Code of Criminal Procedure. U.K./- (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.