Case Facts:
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.19251 of 2012 ====================================================== Banti Singh .... .... Petitioner/s Versus The State Of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE DINESH KUMAR SINGH ORAL ORDER 3 16-07-2012 Heard learned counsels for the petitioner and the State. The petitioner is apprehending arrest in a case registered for the offences punishable under [STATUTE] and Section 27 of the Arms Act. It is alleged that Chintu Singh tied towel in the neck of the informant’s son while co-accused Santu caused firearm injury. It is submitted by learned counsel for the petitioner that one injury has been found and no overt act has been alleged against this petitioner. It is orally submitted that the petitioner has no criminal antecedent. Considering the aforesaid facts, let the above named petitioner be released on anticipatory bail, in the event of arrest or surrender before the learned Court below within a period of 12 weeks from today, on furnishing bail bond of Rs. 10,000/- (ten thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.19251 of 2012 (3) dt.16-07-2012 2/2 satisfaction of the learned Chief Judicial Magistrate, Munger in connection with Dharhara P.S. Case No. 115 of 2011, subject to the conditions as laid down under Section 438(2) Cr.P.C. The bail bond of the petitioner will be accepted by learned court below on verification of the criminal antecedent of the petitioner and if it is found that the petitioner has criminal antecedent then the bail bond of the petitioner will not be accepted. Amrendra/- (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.